I have found much of inspiration in photograhers such as Bettye Lane, she is responsible for documenting much of the 1960s-70s protests such as the Stonewall protests which is where the gay liberation movement began!
Lane also, however, was strongly interested in the women's movement, and would document everything from marches and placards to the first female bus driver in New York and portraits of Gloria Steinem. If there was one documenter of the history of first and second-wave feminism in America, it was Lane.
Another great inspiration is Abigail Heyman, she was known best for her 1974 book, 'Growing Up Female: A Personal Photo-Journal,' a sort of illustrated encyclopedia of women performing self-limiting roles. The collection was filled with images of suffocating domesticity, from women in curlers to suffering mothers to Heyman herself having an abortion. The series gave Heyman her lifelong reputation as a feminist talent, and Growing Up Female remains a classic that every American woman should see at least once.
My research has inspired me to make a decision... I will no longer be doing an opinion piece, instead I will be producing a photo series that will transcend a message of feminism and female empowerment!!!
Thorpe, JR. "9 Powerful Feminist Photo Series You Need To Know About." Bustle. Bustle, 12 July 2016. Web. 27 Mar. 2017.
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