La fotografía de Eulalia Abaitua como estudio de la identidad de la mujer vasca.

The article is based on the photographic archive made between the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th by Eulalia Abaitua (1853-1943) one of the first women photographers in the Basque Country, in which she recorded a large part of the customs, traditions and way of life of this area. Considering her work as a documentary photographic record, the cultural and identity aspects of Basque women are reviewed since much of Eulalia's work is aimed at the female sector. The analysis is based on the portraits made of working women, thereby constituting a paradigm shift in the vision established at the time, where women go from being an object of contemplation of the male gaze to the category of subject. Thus, the working class is treated as a worthy motif and its repertoire turns these anonymous people into representatives of their profession. That is why they are interpreted as extracts or samples of society and serve to analyze its influence on the life of this region.