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Marina Roy, Quebec’s First Woman Press Photographer

Black and white photograph of Marina Roy sitting on a sidewalk, with men standing on either side of her.
Archives nationales à Montréal, Antoine Desilets Fonds (06M, P697, S1, SS1, SSS18, D105). “Marina Roy, Montreal’s First Woman Press Photographer, 1960-1970.” Photograph by Antoine Desilets.
A pioneering press photographer, Marina Roy worked in Montreal during the 1960s and 1970s. She broke the glass ceiling by pursuing a career in what had previously been an exclusively male profession.