Is She a Fluke? A Token? A Trailblazer?
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- Afro American Newspapers
- Andy Warhol
- AP
- Associated Press
- Bettmann
- Castelli Gallery
- Center
- Claes Oldenburg
- Courtesy
- Creative Photography
- D.C.
- Edward Ruscha
- Ellsworth Kelly
- Ethel Rosenberg
- Gloria Richardson
- Immy Humes
- Jasper Johns
- Julius
- Jury
- Katharine Graham
- Leo Castelli Gallery
- Lisette Dammas
- Mia Westerlund Roosen
- New York
- New York City
- Only
- Richard Serra
- Robert F. Kennedy
- Robert Rauschenberg
- Shutterstock
- Token
- Washington
For her new book, The Only Woman, the documentary filmmaker Immy Humes collected 100 group portraits—of artists, astronauts, civil-rights leaders—that share a common trait: Each photo has only one woman. Can you spot her? Depending on your point of view, she might seem like an emblem of progress, evidence of old-fashioned gender inequality, or both. Is she a fluke? A token? A trailblazer?
Lisette DammasJury for the espionage trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, New York City, 1951
(Bettmann / Getty) Mia Westerlund Roosen
Artists celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, 1982
(Courtesy of Castelli Gallery, New York, and Center for Creative Photography / © 1991 Hans Namuth Estate) Gloria Richardson
Civil-rights leaders meet with Robert F. Kennedy, Washington, D.C., 1963
(Afro American Newspapers / Gado / Getty) Katharine Graham
Board of directors of the Associated Press, New York City, 1975
(Shutterstock / AP)
This article appears in the September 2022 print edition with the headline “A Man’s World.”