Shooting women : behind the camera, around the world /
Shooting Women takes readers around the world to explore the lives of camerawomen working in features, television news and documentaries. From first-world pioneers like African American camerawoman Jessie Maple Patton who got her job only after suing the union, to China's first camerawomen who...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Bristol, UK ; Chicago :
Intellect,
[2015]
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| Summary: | Shooting Women takes readers around the world to explore the lives of camerawomen working in features, television news and documentaries. From first-world pioneers like African American camerawoman Jessie Maple Patton who got her job only after suing the union, to China's first camerawomen who traveled with Mao, to rural India where poor women have learned camerawork as a means of empowerment, Shooting Women reveals a world of women working with courage and skill in what has long been seen as a male field. |
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| Physical Description: | xxvii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [315]-323) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781783205066 1783205067 |