{"id":138,"date":"2008-04-30T14:13:28","date_gmt":"2008-04-30T13:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/04\/the-photographer-and-her-self-portrait-pre-1930\/"},"modified":"2014-08-26T10:04:32","modified_gmt":"2014-08-26T08:04:32","slug":"the-photographer-and-her-self-portrait-pre-1930","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/the-photographer-and-her-self-portrait-pre-1930\/","title":{"rendered":"The Photographer and Her Self-portrait Pre-1930"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lesbians have probably used the camera since it was invented in the 1830&#8217;ies. I have found some links to\u00a0a few old self-portraits, which I want to share with Feminine Moments&#8217; readers:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Emma Jane Gay\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cla.purdue.edu\/WAAW\/palmquist\/Photographers\/GAyfig29.html\" target=\"_blank\">Emma Jane Gay<\/a> (1830-1919) with her back to the viewer<br \/>\n<a title=\"Frances Benjamin Johnston\" href=\"http:\/\/citizenship.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/frances_benjamin_johnson.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Frances Benjamin Johnston<\/a> (1864-1952) smoking, drinking and showing her petticoat<br \/>\n<a title=\"Claude Cahun\" href=\"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/femart\/final_project\/wordpress\/claude-cahun\/\" target=\"_blank\">Claude Cahun<\/a> (1894-1954) a sexy gender bending dyke.<\/p>\n<p>These photos\u00a0are fine\u00a0examples of the strong visual language of independent women pre-1930\u00a0and they show\u00a0the big transformation of\u00a0the visual language of the lesbian photographer that took place\u00a0between 1830 and 1930.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lesbians have probably used the camera since it was invented in the 1830&#8217;ies. 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