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Gulnara Samoilova

May 03, 2024

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]

Gulnara Samoilova
Гульнара Самойлова
Born1964 (age 59–60)
Ufa, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

Life and work edit

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 edit

  • Women Street Photographers. Munich; London; New York: Prestel, 2021. Edited by Samoilova. ISBN 978-3-7913-8740-6. With a foreword by Ami Vitale and an essay by Melissa Breyer.[17][18]

Awards edit

  • 2002: First Prize: People in the News, Singles category, World Press Photo, Amsterdam for a photograph in New York City after the September 11 attacks[3]

Collections edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "From Russia With Love: The Making of Women Street Photographers". www.blind-magazine.com. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  2. ^ a b c "Aesthetica Magazine - Laying the Foundations". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  3. ^ a b "2002 Gulnara Samoilova PN1". www.worldpressphoto.org. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  4. ^ a b 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.

External links edit

  • Official website

May 03, 2024
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