Val Wilmer
Groundbreaking Images by the Founder of the UK's First Women's Photographic Agency
"If somebody wanted a photograph of a person doing a certain job, we would send them a photograph of a woman doing it."
Jazz and Blues and Blues and Jazz
British photographer Val Wilmer had her earliest work published 50 years ago. She started the first women’s-only photo agency, campaigned for women’s and civil rights, and is one of Britain’s leading experts on jazz and blues.