A review by blkmymorris
Eight Girls Taking Pictures by Whitney Otto

2.0

It was a struggle to read. The author based the lives of the eight female photographers on real female photographers, but the stories all seems very much alike except for Lenny/Lee. In every decade of the past century, a middle class white woman with a father who supports her independence become involved with photography as a form of artistic expression. She feels the pull of marriage, love, and children as it takes her away from her photography. It's pretty repetitive until the last two chapters because the 1970s feminist character talks with the woman from the first chapter and the last chapter is about a female photographer who finally manages to combine both.

It was a struggle to read because they all sounded so similiar and the writing style didn't change much. The 1940 (Lenny) and the 1950s (Miri) have a bit of slang, but it was more like the same variation over and over again. I was glad when one photographer was bisexual because it broke up the monotony.