Shooting Women : Behind the Camera, Around the World

Shooting Womentakes readers around the world to explore the livesof camerawomen working in features, TV news, and documentaries.From pioneers like African American camerawoman JessieMaple Patton who got her job only after suing the union - to China'sfirst camerawomen - who travelled with Mao - to rural India where women in poverty have learned camerawork as a means of empowerment,Shooting Womenreveals a world of women working with courage andskill in what has long been seen as a male field. [Publisher's text]

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