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Olive Edis (1876-1955) was a professional photographer who owned a number of studios throughout London and England. In 1919 she became the first official female war photographer in Britain.

She obtained her first camera in 1900, and opened the first studio in 1905 in North Norfolk. She was one of the first adopters of the new autochrome technique, an early style of colour photography. Her subjects included many prominent figures in British history, such as Emmeline Pankhurst or Elizabeth Garrett Anderson.