Growing Up Female

By Abigail Heyman,

Book cover of Growing Up Female: A Personal Photojournal

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Growing up female;: A personal photojournal Hardcover by Abigail Heyman (Author)

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1 author picked Growing Up Female as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

When my wife and I met in 1975, one of the things we had in common was that we both owned a copy of Growing Up Female. And the bindings on both copies were pretty worn out. This is a deeply personal journal of compelling photographs and eloquent text about women—from a feminist’s point of view.  What I love about this book is how deeply moving it is and how well it demonstrates a narrative approach to taking, editing, and sequencing first-person photographs. Not to mention that this book sold 25,000 copies (unheard of for books of photography) and…

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