11 Iconic Images By Female Photographers

Long time Ocean Grove visitors take a dip in the roiling Atlantic surf.

A lieutenant in the elite female counter-terrorism unit patrols the women’s barracks.

Thousands of grasses and plants were used to create Chicago City Hall’s award-winning rooftop.

The photographer’s mother, Madje Steber, suffered severe memory loss during her final years at a Florida facility.

A tourist’s gauzy costume veils gondolas and buildings on San Marco Basin in an enchanting blue mist.

Tepee-style structures are common in Sami villages, where they are often used to smoke reindeer meat.

A leopard's spotted coat provides camouflage in the dense forest.

Comatose and on a ventilator, a bird flu patient in Hanoi who was not expected to live made a remarkable recovery.

Moviegoers thrill to shaking seats and wind machines during a 3-D film at a theater closed during the war.

To guide their decision-making, the Kyrgyz often seek out shamans to read their fortune with cards.

After working himself into a trance, a man leaps through a flaming pyre.