Women Photographers: An Interview with Donata Pizzi

Photographer and collector Donata Pizzi in conversation with Patrizia Sambuco discusses the works and history of Italian women photographers.  

Her private collection (Collezione Donata Pizzi) combines photos of more than 90 Italian women photographers from 1965 to the present day. She has collaborated with the Association for the Study of Modern Italy for the Through the Female Gaze exhibitions curated by Maria Chiara Di Trapani and coordinated by Prof Ilaria Favretto (Kingston University) and Dr Nico Pizzolato (Middlesex University).

Points discussed:

• network of women photographers and editors

• reasons for the timeframe of the collection

• political aspects of the collection

• reportage vs abstract photography

Instagram page of the collection