Women Street Photographers: Fully Revised and Updated Edition

Now updated and revised, this acclaimed celebration of street photography shows how women transform passing encounters into pictures charged with beauty, humor and human connection.

Praise for the first edition:
The work (…) captures a vivid slice of life through the eyes and lenses of female photographers – The Washington Post, 2021

This revised edition of the widely praised and bestselling global survey from 2021 brings together women working in the steadily evolving field of street photography. Remarkable scenes include an anonymous woman with sculptural red hair, young men arranged around a central figure in Punjab and a surreal beach confrontation. 

The new selection reflects the vast growth of the Women Street Photographers community, introducing emerging practitioners alongside recent work by returning contributors. The book traces the continuing development of their individual approaches. 

Samoilova curates a diversity of voices from different countries, generations, and styles in conversation, while personal statements reveal the patience, intuition, and circumstances behind each image. Full-page and double-page reproductions give every composition room to command attention and reward close, unhurried looking. 

• Fully updated new edition features new photographers and images
• Showcases pioneering and contemporary women street photographers 
• Images reveal bold, intimate, and overlooked perspectives on everyday life
• Blends sharp visual storytelling with powerful, intimate writing

• A collection to inspire the next generation of women to pick up a camera.

By turns humorous, surreal, and unsettling, these photographs expand the story of street photography and help us to recognize a decisive instant before it disappears.