E. Jane Gay

E. Jane Gay
Greyscale image of Emma Jane Gay (known as E. Jane Gay), with her camera and tripod. The woman is wearing a long dress and a bowler hat, and the background depicts walls covered in ivy.
E. Jane Gay with her camera, c. 1889–1897
Born
Elizabeth Jane Gay

July 27, 1830
Died (aged 88)
Winscombe, Somerset, England
NationalityAmerican
Other namesE. Jane Gay
OccupationPhotography
Known forSocial reform; images of the Nez Perce

E. Jane Gay (July 27, 1830 – March 15, 1919) was an American woman who devoted her life to social reform and photography. She is notable for her photographs of the Nez Perce, which she took during a federal expedition led by American ethnologist and anthropologist Alice Cunningham Fletcher.