Exploration of Personal Identification

Alice Austen (1866 – 1952) is one of America’s most prolific female photographers. Brave, wicked smart, and unapologetic, Austen was a rebel who broke away from the constraints of her Victorian environment and forged an independent life that shattered boundaries of acceptable female behavior and social rules. Victoria Munro recounts this remarkable riches to rags story to deliver a profound message about human rights and personal identity.