Sarah Leen

Editor . Teacher . Curator . Founder

The Visual Thinking Collective

Location: Washington DC

Nationality: American

Biography: In 2019, Sarah Leen founded The Visual Thinking Collective as a community for independent photo editors, teachers and visual managers to serve photographers, media, art and academic institutions, NGOs, and corporate clients in telling their... MORE

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The Nat Geo archive frames women's lives in photos

sarah leen

Oct 15, 2019

The images in an archive form an invaluable record of the eras in which they were made. Looking through early files to find photographs for these pages—and for our new book, Women: The National Geographic Image Collection—we were struck by how narrowly women were once defined. The pictures are often beautiful, sometimes funny or sad or even shocking—but they are reflective of the prejudices and practices of the times.

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The Nat Geo archive frames women’s lives in photos
Tens of millions of images collected since 1888 reflect the practices and prejudices of a changing world.