Lynn Gilbert

Lynn Gilbert (born January 7, 1938) is a photographer and author best known for her portraits of illustrious women from the 1920s to the 1980s and her documentation of Turkish homes and interiors.

The book recounts the rich oral histories of forty-six pioneering women of the twentieth century from the arts and sciences, athletics and law, mathematics, and politics, and includes the portraits and oral biographies of such notable women as Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Julia Child, Billie Jean King, Grace Murray Hopper, Joan Ganz Cooney, and Diana Vreeland.

[5] In 2018 her work was the subject of a special exhibition "Women: A Time Capsule of the American Feminist Movement” at Thockmorton Fine Art at "The Photography Show" in New York City.

[6] In February of 2024 Gilbert's photographs were the subject of a solo exhibition titled Time Capsule at the Ilon Art Gallery in Harlem.

[9][10][11][12] In 2022 Gilbert's portrait of Louise Nevelson received prominence anew when it appeared on posters all around the city of Venice during the Venice Biennale and as Sarah Douglas wrote in ARTnews ..."Gilbert’s image of Nevelson has become something of a symbol for this year’s Biennale".