The First Woman to Win the Cinematography Oscar: Top Photos

Autumn Durald Arkapaw breaks a 97-year barrier and asks every woman in the room to stand with her.

Rachel Morrison, director, at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Fire Inside.
Rachel Morrison, the first woman ever nominated for the cinematography Oscar for Mudbound in 2018, recommended Arkapaw to Coogler, describing her as technically proficient and deeply empathetic. © Frank Sun, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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