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International Women's Day falls every year in March but in our opinion that's way too far away to celebrate some of our favourite women in photography this year. For us at Vallerret, it's important to highlight women in the field and showcase their amazing work on our platform.
Why is it important to highlight women photographers? On an international scale, 70% to 80% of photography students are women, but only 13% to 15% of them go on to achieve the status of a professional photographer.
Average photographers’ salary in the US
Male photographers made up between 89% and 96% of those working commercially between 2013 and 2017. In the US, 92% of adverts are shot by men, as are 85% of magazine covers. These numbers are even bleaker when specifically comparing BIPOC photographers.
Highlighting women in photography helps change the perceived conception about photographers and what qualities are necessary to be a professional photographer so we are thrilled to be spending this week showcasing some of our favourite photographers from 2020. Let's jump in!
Erin is known internationally as a leading photographic artist, educator, writer, and speaker. Her ambitious and expressive style of landscape photography brings together an unusual integration of adventurous exploration, progressive techniques, and formal education in the arts. Her feed is filled with inspiring landscapes in soft hues.
Jennifer is a nature and landscape photographer based out of Golden, Colorado. While her she enjoys photographing landscapes, her real passion is focusing on small details within those landscapes.
"Every grand landscape has many stories and nuances that make up the larger picture, and each of these deserves their moment to shine. I enjoy practicing slow photography and being a visual storyteller. Whether I'm photographing dolphins in the ocean or positioned over a natural abstract in the desert, my goal is the same. I strive to make compelling photos that not only trigger emotions and feelings but, more importantly, help bring awareness to the inspiring but delicate natural world we live in."
Esther Ruth Mbabazi is a documentary photographer from Kampala, Uganda. As a documentary photographer, Esther uses storytelling and photojournalism to address issues in her society. Coming from a humble background, her work explores changing conditions on the African continent, with a focus on the social, physical and emotional aspects of daily life. Esther is driven to bring to light issues in society that are too often overlooked.
Kristina Wilson is a landscape photographer based out of the Portland, Oregon in the USA. Her feed is filled with a variety of textures and a colour palette that perfectly captures the mood of the Pacific Northwest. Her style is soft yet moody, mystical but straightforward. We love experiencing the seasonal changes through her feed.
Vanessa Charlot is a documentary photographer living and working between St. Louis, Missouri and Miami, Florida. She shoots primarily in black and white to explore the immutability of the collective human experience and to disrupt compositional hierarchy. Her work focuses on the intersectionality of spirituality, socio-economic issues and sexual/gender expression. The purpose of her work is to produce visual representations of varied human existences that are free of an oppressive gaze.
Sarah Marino is a nature and landscape photographer, photography educator and widely published writer. She splits her time between Colorado and living a Nomadic life in an Airstream trailer. Her work features a diverse range of subjects including grand landscapes, intimate landscapes, abstract renditions of nature, and creative portraits of plants.
Neeta is a St. Louis based photographer originally from Mumbai. Her work explores the themes of cultural assimilation, the human condition, and the environment through documentary photography. Her work features an honest look into the lives of every day people all around the world. Her 8 year stint at a consultant agency helped illuminate how often companies prioritize economic growth rather than concerns about conservation and human health issues which encouraged her into a career of visual journalism.
Serena is an Australian photographer based in Iceland whose work places a strong emphasis on storytelling within the landscape – connecting with the land and immersing oneself in the rhythms and dangers associated with the living presence of this world. Her hope is to deliver the voice of nature through visual storytelling to a much broader audience in collaboration with researchers, scientists and media outlets.
Her feed is filled with inspiring photos of enchanting landscapes highlighting the otherworldliness that is sometimes associated with nature on our own planet. Serena transforms each scene with a subtle narrative that highlights her penchant for advocacy and making the most of what this world has to offer. She has embraced the challenge to inspire others to protect the complexity of nature, one image at a time.
Susan Holt is a landscape photographer based out of Phoenix, Arizona USA. Her work features the stunning diversity of the United States from wildlife to Aspen forests, to the high deserts. Much of her focus is on fine art prints and she also offers photo workshops and teaching photography classes via skype. Her photos have been featured in the Sierra Magazine, LA Times, Outdoor Photographer Magazine (online), and much more.
Sarah Hasan Alsayeghs a Kuwaiti based Photographer who specializes in Landscape and Cityscape Photography and Storm Chasing. Sarah's love for photography came from her father. She started it as a hobby in the early years of 2005 and evolving her passion for photography since. Sarah's work features diverse landscape from Iceland to Oklahoma to Kuwait. Her feed is filled with ominous clouds and moody storm scenes.
Nicki Frates is an LA based landscape photographer who blends a deep reverence for nature and an appetite for adventure with an intuitive eye to create images that offer a distinctive and passionate perspective of the physical world.
Nicki is no stranger to art. She comes from a background in fashion design where she honed her skills of bringing visions to life, as well as exercised a keen awareness about the market. Her vision has been enhanced by her spiritual connection to the natural world, and her intention is to share a bit of that magic through each photo.
Crystal Brindle is an American photographer based in the South Island of New Zealand. As a Department of Conservation ranger, Crystal is a passionate tramper and mountain runner, and has quickly taken to exploring some of the remotest corners of our country. To say Crystal is a "go-getter" would be a vast underestimate. She spends much of her free time exploring difficult to reach peaks in the heart of Fiordland, New Zealand, capturing scenes that only the most determined of photographers can capture. Follower along if you're in the mood to be inspired by the stunning magic of New Zealand.
Acacia Johnson is a photographer, artist, and writer from Alaska, focused on human relationships to wilderness. Her work highlights her ever growing love for Alaska and Antarctica and she also works as a seasonal expedition guide and lecturer in Greenland, Svalbard, the Canadian Arctic and Antarctica. She has made over 55 expeditions to the Polar Regions for work and personal projects and is currently pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Virginia.
Alexis is a self-taught photographer based in LA who uses storytelling to celebrate the beauty and complexity of living as a human. She has focused much of her recent work photographing the Black Lives Matter movement in the USA.
"My dedication to placing the brilliance and the beauty of Black people front and center has not changed. We are more than our pain and our struggles. We are resilient. We are joyful. We are powerful beyond measure. My greatest wish is that my work will make Black people around the world feel seen, loved and understood."
Isabella is a landscape photographer based in the north of Italy. Her photography and art are the result of her need to explore the natural places and capture these landscapes from her personal point of view. Isabella always looks for new ways to see the different environments and looks for leading lines, elements in the foreground, natural frames. By the use of luminosity masks, in the editing phase of her work, she improves the mood, the essence and the emotions captured.
Isabella explored and studied the boundless sceneries in the Alps, with a special regard to the Italian Dolomite but her photography has also brought her to the far east of Russia, Lofoten Islands, Canary Islands, Iceland and Namibia.
Her feed is filled with moody tones, dark skies and brilliant blue hour shots. Follow along if you're want to be inspired by beautiful mountain images.
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