All this talk about "The Women of PDML" and female photogs in general has reminded me of someone, but I can't remember her name.
I've only heard of her once. I believe she was English, and about 100 or 110 years ago, as a young single lady (maybe 20), she obtained a great huge view camera (I guess that's all they had then <g>), and travelled the world. She took incredible photos, all the more amazing due to the fact that she had to cart all her equipment around, including all the plates and everything else. Upon her return to England, she displayed her photos, to much critical and popular acclaim. Then, she disappeared. Seems that no one knows what happened to her, whether she got married and changed her name, or died, or just left the country and never came back. Whatever the case may be, I believe her work remains, and that's it. Anyone know her name? She was mentioned in a PBS special a year or two ago... thanks, frank -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
