A generation before reconstructionist Berenice Abbott took her camera to the streets, pioneering female photographer and photojournalist Frances “Fannie” Benjamin Johnston (January 15, 1864–May 16, 1952) revolutionized the cultural impact of the photographic image. The only surviving child in a well-to-do family, Johnston was raised by intelligent, connected, and progressive parents – her mother was a female congressional journalist and drama critic, an occupation as uncommon for a wo...
