While living in the US in the 1970s, Australian photographer Christine Godden created tender images of the people, animals and spaces around her. Natural and spontaneous, her work documents an intimate daily life – and an insight into women’s lives more broadly.

It’s a portal into a world often forgotten, neglected, in art history. Godden’s story is one of many told in Women Photographers 1900–1975: A Legacy of Light , which aims to rectify that omission, and celebrate the images, lives and careers of more than 70 influential artists who worked between 1900 and 1975.

Coming to the National Gallery of Victoria in November, the show includes many brilliant photographers: locals Godden, Ponch Hawkes and Olive Cotton, plus big names internationally including Diane Arbus, Dora Maar , L

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