to be a woman

A still of <n>Kyôko Kishida</n> in <n>Hiroshi Teshigahara</n>'s 1964 film, <n>Woman in the Dunes</n>.

One of the <n>Chrisman Sisters</n> in front of their sod house in Custer County, Nebraska, 1886. Photo by <n>Solomon Butcher</n>.

A still of actor <n>Thérèse Liotard</n> in <n>Agnès Varda</n>'s 1977 film, <n>One Sings, the Other Doesn't</n>.

Inuit woman <n>Mikininnie Kow-kow</n> nursing twins in Alaska, ca. 1903-1908. Photo by <n>Lomen Brothers</n>.

<n>Archer with Borzoi</n>, 1930. Photo by <n>Gerhard Riebicke</n>.

<n>Seri</n> woman <n>María Burgos</n> applies face paint in this 1959 photograph by <n>Ruth Kirk</n>.

<n>Il fieno</n> (1963), a photograph by <n>Pepi Merisio</n> from Valtellina, Italy.

<n>Anton Stankowski</n>'s photograph <n>VERBINDUNGEN (CONNECTIONS)</n>, 1929.

A portrait of a Korean grandmother for <n>Vogue Korea</n> by photographer <n>Min Hyun-woo</n>.

Model <n>Alvina Bokhari</n> for <n>HommeGirls</n>. Styled by <n>Marcus Allen</n> with hair by <n>Kazu Katahira</n>.

A portrait from <n>Jake Verzosa</n>'s series <n>The Last Tattooed Women of Kalinga</n>, documenting traditional batok tattoos.

A <n>Strawberry Moon</n> over Mykonos, Greece. Photo by <n>HIISHII</n>.

The character <n>Ruby Gillis</n> in a scene from the television series <n>Anne with an E</n>.

Actress <n>Lilli Palmer</n> in a still from the 1958 film <n>Eine Frau, die weiß, was sie will</n>.

From the <n>Female Pentimento</n> series by artist <n>Abby Folden</n> for <n>Coeval Magazine</n>.

Artist <n>Ruth Asawa</n> with her <n>wire sculptures</n> in 1957. Photo by <n>Imogen Cunningham</n>.

<n>Gucci</n> Spring Summer 2019 beauty campaign. Photo by <n>Frank Lebon</n>. Makeup by <n>Thomas de Kluyver</n>.

Collage by <n>Kensuke Koike</n> from the series <n>Single Use</n>, 2018.