Gulnara Samoilova

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Gulnara Samoilova
Гульнара Самойлова
Born1964 (age 59–60)
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

Samoilova 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:

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