Updated: June 29, 2021 at 8:06 AM

Preview: 'The New Woman Behind the Camera' exhibit at The Met (11 images)

The exhibit, at The Metropolitan Museum in New York City, features the work of the diverse "new" women photographers of the 1920s through the 1950s. It runs July 2 to Oct. 3. Here are photos from the preview on June 28, 2021.

Guests view the photographs on display at a press preview for "The New Woman Behind the Camera" at The Met Fifth Avenue in New York City. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

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The exhibit highlights female photographers' work in studio portraiture, fashion and advertising, artistic experimentation, street photography, ethnography and photojournalism. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

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Participating photographers include Berenice Abbott, Ilse Bing, Lola Álvarez Bravo, Florestine Perrault Collins, Imogen Cunningham, Madame d'Ora, Florence Henri, Elizaveta Ignatovich, Consuelo Kanaga, Germaine Krull, Dorothea Lange, Dora Maar, Tina Modotti, Niu Weiyu, Tsuneko Sasamoto, Gerda Taro and Homai Vyarawalla. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

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Photographers names are displayed on a wall at the press preview. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

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