Throughout the course of photography there have been countless influential photographers that have inspired and taught many. The majority of those photographers were male, although a great many female photographers existed as well. Three of which are; Lee Miller, Berenice Abbott, and Margaret Bourke- White who are a few of the most widely known female photographers in the history of photography. Without these women taking risks and photographing, the world of photography would not be what it is today. Lee Miller was one of the women who would start shaping the world of photography for women. During her lifetime Miller was very close to her father who would often take pictures of her while she modeled for him. As a result of this she excelled at modeling and later had a career at Vogue when asked by Cond’e Nast himself. When on an assignment for Vogue in Italy, Miller was told to draw specific details found in paintings. While this task can be tedious and time consuming Miller thought of a different way to capture just as much detail found in the paintings as a drawing would have. Taking her folding Kodak camera with her she would photograph the paintings so as to save time from drawing such a detailed picture. By using this method to accomplish …show more content…
“I had no idea of becoming a photographer, but the pictures kept coming out and most of them were very good. Soon I started to build up a little business and I paid Man Ray out of the money I made for the supplies I used, but eventually I was paying him more than he was paying me and that’s when it started to become a problem” said Abbott (Worswick, 20). Man Ray’s work was becoming more popular and he needed Abbott spending her time developing and printing as much of his work as she could. Leaving her little time to devote to her personal work Abbott ended up leaving Man Ray and starting her own studio with the help of Peggy