Zaida Ben-Yusuf

Zaida Ben-Yusuf
Self portrait, 1901
Born
Esther Zeghdda Ben Youseph Nathan

(1869-11-21)November 21, 1869
London, England
DiedSeptember 27, 1933(1933-09-27) (aged 63)
Brooklyn, New York
Known forPhotography
MotherAnna Ben-Yusuf

Zaida Ben-Yusuf (November 21, 1869 – September 27, 1933) was an American portrait photographer based in New York.[1] She was known for her artistic portraits of wealthy, fashionable, and famous Americans during the turn of the 19th–20th century.

In 1901, The Ladies Home Journal featured her and six other photographers as "The Foremost Women Photographers in America".[2][3] In 2008, the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery mounted an exhibition dedicated solely to Ben-Yusuf's work, re-establishing her as a key figure in the early development of fine art photography.[4][5]

  1. ^ Crompton, Sarah (May 6, 2016). "She takes a good picture: six forgotten female pioneers of photography". The Guardian. London. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  2. ^ Ben-Yusuf, Zaida (August 15, 1901). "The foremost women photographers in America, sixth article: Zaida Ben-Yûsuf". www.loc.gov.
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  4. ^ "Zaida Ben-Yusuf: New York Portrait Photographer". npg.si.edu. Archived from the original on February 3, 2014.
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