Gulnara Samoilova | |
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Гульнара Самойлова | |
Born | 1964 (age 59–60) 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]
Samoilovas 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.
Samoilova's work is held in the following public collection: