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Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
colossal@mastodon.art ("Colossal") wrote:

Alice Austen’s body of work is considered among the earliest and most prolific by a female photographer.

Now recognized for her significant contributions to the canon of American photography and her heretofore ignored yet influential role in LGBTQ+ history, the pioneering photographer's archive returns to her ancestral home in New York.

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/06/alice-austen-photographs-repatriated/

#history #photography #identity #lgbtq #nyc #portraits

a black-and-white photo from the late 19th century of four women, turned to each other in twos and embracing