Avant garde photography

With 200 works by 71 female artists, a new exhibition of pioneering photography was ‘too quiet and poetic’ to be properly appreciated in the 1970s

A treasure trove from the ultimate age of experimentation – between the world wars – shows a man mid-parachute jump, a woman clutching her Leica, and limbs dismantling before your very eyes

Man Ray looks like a double exposure photograph

Funke repeatedly experimented with mirroring, transparencies and reflections – scrutinizing the perception of the viewer, some series no longer working with objects but solely with their shadows.

Models Niko Riam & Frances Coombe are a study in dramatic contrasts, styled by Gillian Wilkins for 'Beyond the Pale'. Photographer Steph Wilson captures the double entrendre editorial for Elle UK May 2018./ Hair by Susanne Lichtenegger; makeup by William Bartel

A new book chronicles Ruth Bernhard’s remarkable 40-year career. “Men photograph a female nude as if she belonged to them. I photograph a woman as part of the universe,” she said