George Eastman Museum Anne W. Brigman (1869-1950), actress, photographer, and champion of woman's rights, separated from her husband to "work out my destiny." Brigman received acclaim and notoriety for her innovative interpretations of the female figure in nature, often inhabiting the landscape with her own nude body. Brigman's interpretation of the landscape removed the female body from the gaze of a clothed man in the confines of his studio.
