Gulnara Samoilova
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Gulnara Samoilova | |
|---|---|
| Гульнара Самойлова | |
| Born | 1964 (age 61–62) Ufa, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Gulnara Samoilova (born 1964)[1] is a Russian-born American photographer, living in New York City.[2] Her work in New York City after the September 11 attacks won a World Press Photo award and is held in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.[3][4] Samoilova is the founder of the website, social media platform and travelling exhibition Women Street Photographers, and edited a book of the same name.[5][6]
Samoilova was born and grew up in Ufa, Bashkortostan, then part of the Soviet Union.[7] After school she worked in a photo lab, then became a portrait photographer, and later a photojournalist for a local newspaper.[2] She gained a diploma in photography from Moscow Polytech College.[1]
In 1992 Samoilova moved to New York City and studied at the International Center of Photography.[1] She worked for the Associated Press[2] and photographed the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in New York City in 2001.[8][9]
In 2017 Samoilova launched the website, social media platform and travelling exhibition Women Street Photographers, to show street photography by women.[10][11][12] In 2021 a book of the same name was published, which she edited,[13][14][15][16] containing the work of 100 photographers.
Publications
- Women Street Photographers. Munich; London; New York: Prestel, 2021. Edited by Samoilova. ISBN 978-3-7913-8740-6. With a foreword by Ami Vitale and an essay by Melissa Breyer.[17][18]
Awards
- 2002: First Prize: People in the News, Singles category, World Press Photo, Amsterdam for a photograph in New York City after the September 11 attacks[3]
