Pioneering photojournalist, women’s rights activist, and advocate Donna Ferrato (b. 1949) has documented the lives of women for more than fifty years. This exhibition presents photographs spanning her career, including work from her landmark 1991 book Living with the Enemy, which helped spark national conversations about domestic violence, sexual assault, and women’s rights, as well as images from her 2020 book Holy. The exhibition highlights women’s private, professional, and political lives, emphasizing resilience, dignity, empowerment, and the continuing need for protection and advocacy. It includes photographs related to and depicting domestic abuse. The exhibition is installed in the Henry and Lois Foster Gallery (Gallery 158).
Donna Ferrato, Janice (detail), 1984. Gelatin silver print. Museum purchase with funds donated by Gail and Tony Ganz, Los Angeles. Reproduced with permission.