My practice I use the aesthetic tropes of advertising to critique the stereotypical gender representations that colonise commercial visual culture.
PlanetHeroines7th August 2018
French photojournalist Catherine Leroy (1944-2006) continued the work of fellow female war photographer Dickey Chapelle in documenting the Vietnam War and went on to cover the Fall of Saigon, the Troubles and the Middle East wars. She was the first woman to win the Robert Capra and George Polk awards for courage…
PlanetHeroines7th August 2018
Women such as Julia Margaret Cameron were among the pioneers of photography and the earliest members of the Royal Photographic Society.
PlanetHeroines2nd August 2018
We’ve been overwhelmed by the response to our campaign Hundred Heroines: Celebrating Women in Photography Today and big thanks to everyone who has nominated a heroine, helped spread the word or joined our ambassadorial team; and extra special thanks to all those helping out behind the scenes.
PlanetHeroines27th July 2018
FROM THE ARCHIVE Helen Pankhurst’s heroine is Aïda Muluneh – who’s yours? As the first week of Hundred Heroines comes to a close, we can reveal Helen Pankhurst’s nomination and, not surprisingly, she’s chosen a wonderful Ethiopian photographer – Aïda Muluneh.
PlanetHeroines20th July 2018
