Gulnara Samoilova

Gulnara Samoilova (born 1964)[1] is a Russia-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]

Life and work

Samoilova was born and grew up in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia.[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
  • 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
  • 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

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

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