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Energy

By Demelza Kingston : The elemental energy that we seek to harness in clean energy production is evident in the striking landscape photography of Laura Gilpin (1891-1979) who captured the beauty of rock formations hewn over millennia by wind and water erosion.
PlanetHeroines
4th February 2021
Through Rose-Tinted Glasses film festival cover image, a graphic of an old fashion film camera is playing with "Through Rose-Tinted Glasses? Now Showing on hundredheroines.org"Film Festival

Through Rose-Tinted Glasses?

Remember beautiful French actress Brigid Bardot in the 1960ies, before her political views took a sinister turn? Remember all the nice objects that surrounded our childhood? Till today US-American Laci Fay and her husband live as if they were in 1958.
PlanetHeroines
4th February 2021
AnOther Magazine Review of Hundred HeroinesWe're in the News!

AnOther: ‘Brilliant Ways to Pass Time This February’

Anemoia: A Nostalgia for a Time I Never Knew by Hundred+ Heroines, Online: February 1 – 28 A transportative new exhibition arrives online today, spotlighting the work of seven pioneering women photographers – and offering an incredible record of 20th-century Asia, Europe, and North America in the process. Organised by Hundred +…
PlanetHeroines
2nd February 2021
Out of the BoxFilm Festival

Out of the Box

Week 43, Out of the Box : For a long time it seemed that women were fated to no more that magicians’ assistants, being locked up, sawn in half or made to vanish . But there is more to the story.
PlanetHeroines
28th January 2021
Circus! Circus!Film Festival

Circus! Circus!

Week 42, Circus! Circus! Traditionally, women circus artists have been sexualized and viewed as lesser performers by the mainly male audience though the twenty-first century has seen an increase in equality and respect for circus women.
PlanetHeroines
21st January 2021
Film Festival

Underrepresented

Many international art institutions post short videos on YouTube or Vimeo with the focus on modern and contemporary art. One of the most active seems to be British Tate that podcasts interviews with artists, performances or walks through exhibitions on a weekly basis.
PlanetHeroines
14th January 2021
Azadeh AkhlaghiWe're in the News!

Seznam Zprávy

Hundred + Heroines is a British charity focused on raising awareness of women photographers. Earlier this week, the organization added another 50 inspirational photographers to its list. Take a look at the work of nine of them.
PlanetHeroines
10th January 2021