Firecrackers: Female Photographers Now

A survey of the greatest female photographers working today, created as a platform to showcase important work that might otherwise be marginalized in the still male-dominated photography community.Building upon the foundations of Rogers' Firecracker platform, this book brings together photography that encompasses an eclectic variety of styles, techniques and locations, from Alma Haser’s futuristic series of portraits that use origami to create 3D sculptures within the frame, to Laura El-Tantawy’s filmic and intensely personal series on political protest in Cairo. There is a recurring theme throughout the book that serves to unite these extraordinary women and their work: the exploration of individual stories and under-discussed subjects, seen by fresh eyes.

Hyperallergic:

'Firecrackers is much more than just a compilation of works by female photographers. It’s a unique collection of storytelling, both literal and aesthetic.'

Photomonitor:

'Houghton, in the foreword, pre-empts my own inherent scepticism, noting: ‘Drawing attention to a creative practice on the grounds of gender alone is, in a way, reductive.’ And indeed it is. But, until Calypso and Caruana trip off the tongue as readily as Newton and Doisneau, or at least until their images are recognised and lauded to the same degree, then well-edited and well-presented compilations like this are valid and, I would argue, even essential.'

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