30 Vintage Shots Of Women Giving Us Beauty, Strength, And Iconic Vibes
There’s something about vintage photography that feels timeless, moments frozen in time that still radiate power, elegance, and charisma decades later. And when those moments feature women breaking stereotypes, owning their space, or simply exuding charm, they become even more iconic.
These 30 vintage photos celebrate women from all walks of life: artists, athletes, rebels, and everyday legends—captured in ways that showcase their beauty, strength, and unapologetic confidence. Each photo tells a story of its own, and together they remind us just how inspiring women have always been.
#1 Camera Work: Portrait (Miss N.)
Image source: Gertrude Käsebier
#2 A Nineteenth-Century Selfie By Alice Austen
Image source: Alice Austen
#3 Woman, Half-Length Portrait
Image source: Frances Benjamin Johnston
#4 Simone, Rouzat
Image source: Jacques Henri Lartigue
#5 The Bubble
Image source: Clarence H. White
#6 Carriage Day At The Races At Auteuil, Paris
Image source: Jacques Henri Lartigue
#7 Alice And Her Friends In The Darned Club
Image source: Alice Austen
#8 Gertrude Tate, Alice’s Life Partner, By Alice Austen
Image source: Alice Austen
#9 Asleep
Image source: Constant Puyo
#10 Barbara Stanwyck, Ziegfeld Girl
Image source: Alfred Cheney Johnston
#11 Untitled
Image source: Clarence H. White
#12 Camera Work: Portrait – Miss De C
Image source: Joseph T. Keiley
#13 Ruth St. Denis
Image source: Adolf de Meyer
#14 Dorothy Smoller
Image source: Adolf de Meyer
#15 Ann Pennington, 1920, Vanity Fair
Image source: Adolf de Meyer
#16 Jeune Fille
Image source: Gustave Marissiaux
#17 Camera Work: Marcella
Image source: F. Benedict Herzog
#18 Camera Work: Behind The Scenes
Image source: Robert Demachy
#19 Untitled
Image source: Clarence H. White
#20 Camera Work: Minuet
Image source: Frank Eugene
#21 Maria Gambarelli
Image source: Adolf de Meyer
#22 To A Greek Girl
Image source: Emma Justine Farnsworth
#23 Mary Pickford-Ziegfeld
Image source: Alfred Cheney Johnston
#24 Rita De Acosta Lydig
Image source: Adolf de Meyer
#25 Gertrude Käsebier At Crecy En Brie, France
Image source: Gertrude Käsebier
#26 Letitia Felix At Table
Image source: Clarence H. White
#27 Valentine De Saint-Point Photographed By Alphonse Mucha
Image source: Alphonse Mucha
#28 Yevonde In Eighteenth Century Dress
Image source: Yevonde
#29 Fairbanks Twins
Image source: Alfred Cheney Johnston
#30 Lillian And Dorothy Gish
Image source: Alfred Cheney Johnston
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