Gulnara Samoilova

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Gulnara Samoilova
Гульнара Самойлова
Born1964 (age 60–61)
Ufa, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

Gulnara Samoilova (born 1964) [1] is a Russian-born American photographer, living in New York City. [2] Her work in New York City after the September 11 attacks won a World Press Photo award and is held in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. [3] [4] Samoilova is the founder of the website, social media platform and travelling exhibition Women Street Photographers, and edited a book of the same name. [5] [6]

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Life and work

Samoilovas was born and grew up in Ufa, Bashkortostan, then part of the Soviet Union. [7] After school she worked in a photo lab, then became a portrait photographer, and later a photojournalist for a local newspaper. [2] She gained a diploma in photography from Moscow Polytech College. [1]

In 1992 Samoilova moved to New York City and studied at the International Center of Photography. [1] She worked for the Associated Press [2] and photographed the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in New York City in 2001. [8] [9]

In 2017 Samoilova launched the website, social media platform and travelling exhibition Women Street Photographers, to show street photography by women. [10] [11] [12] In 2021 a book of the same name was published, which she edited, [13] [14] [15] [16] containing the work of 100 photographers.

Publications

Awards

Collections

Samoilova's work is held in the following public collection:

References

  1. 1 2 3 "From Russia With Love: The Making of Women Street Photographers". www.blind-magazine.com. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  2. 1 2 3 "Aesthetica Magazine - Laying the Foundations". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  3. 1 2 "2002 Gulnara Samoilova PN1". www.worldpressphoto.org. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  4. 1 2 Works | Gulnara Samoilova | People | The MFAH Collections
  5. ↑ "An Ambitious Project and New Book Serve as a Vital Nexus for Women Street Photographers". Colossal (blog) . 16 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  6. ↑ Chernick, Karen (21 March 2021). "100 Women Street Photographers Freeze the Exquisitely Mundane". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  7. ↑ Whitfield, Zoe (16 March 2021). "The vital work of women street photographers". i-D. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  8. ↑ "Celebrating 80 Years of Associated Press' Wirephoto". Time. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  9. ↑ "'Running didn't even occur to me': Gulnara Samoilova on photographing 9/11". The Guardian . 8 September 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  10. ↑ "New book features the work of female street photographers". ABC News. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  11. ↑ "This Joyful Coffee Table Book Includes Works By 100 Female Street Photographers Around The World". British Vogue. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  12. ↑ "'Women Street Photographers' a celebration of freedom". 17 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  13. ↑ "'Women Street Photographers' Captures the Beauty of Normalcy". Wired. ISSN   1059-1028 . Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  14. ↑ "Women Street Photographers: A new anthology shines a light on women's remarkable contribution to a male-dominated art". www.1854.photography. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  15. ↑ "Review: 100 women use their cameras to capture public life". The Independent. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  16. ↑ "Female street photographers on their art: 'It's about being in the present'". The Guardian. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  17. ↑ "Book Review: Women Street Photographers by Gulnara Samoilova". Musée Magazine. 8 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  18. ↑ Dazed (4 March 2021). "This book reveals the rich, radical history of street photography by women". Dazed. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
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