Tina Modotti

The New Woman of the 1920s at the Metropolitan Museum of Art highlights the powerful expression of modernity by artists such as Dorothea Lange, Lillian Bassman, Dora Maar, Tina Modotti, and Lillian Bassman.

Having first learned photography in her uncle’s portrait studio in Italy, Ms. Modotti was an artist in her own right with distinct aesthetic periods. She...

For much of photography’s 170-year history, women have expanded its roles by experimenting with every aspect of the medium. Pictures by Women: A History of...