Val Williams gives a short talk on what it is like for early women photographers in a very male dominated industry
Creating History and Building Legacy (Illuminations, The Other Observers, Warworks, Signals Festival)
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Val Williams is Professor of the History and Culture of Photography at the University of the Arts London. She is a coeditor of the Journal of Photography & Culture
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