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Artists like Lady Leshurr and Nadia Rose have both been a major part of the UK grime scene for years. But when it comes to chart success, they still haven't matched male artists like Wiley or Stormzy. Women who work in grime - whether as MCs, DJs or producers - will be…
PlanetHeroines
8th March 2019
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ELLE.com Italy

In un mondo che sembra avere un gran bisogno di eroi (ed è profondamente dominato dagli uomini), chi è la tua eroina? La donna che più ti ha ispirato, stimolato, incoraggiato, difeso, sfidato? In questo nessuna spodesterà mai mia nonna. Ammetto però che il 2018, celebrato come l'anno delle donne, ha arricchito…
PlanetHeroines
1st February 2019
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Der Greif Online

To mark the new Hundred Heroines campaign launched by the Royal Photographic Society we’ve met with Rut Blees Luxemburg and Del Barrett to discuss matters of women’s representation in photography. Thank you so much for joining us!
PlanetHeroines
1st February 2019
Aïda MulunehWe're in the News!

CNN Online

Photography has often been a male-dominated profession, with many female photographers not given due credit for their work. However, there are a number of female digital photographers whose work range from photojournalism to personal portraits and points in between who continually do amazing work, shining a light on their culture as they…
PlanetHeroines
21st December 2018
Britta JaschinskiWe're in the News!

Evening Standard

Pictures of smuggled elephants’ feet and a gay “cure” clinic are among the works by photographers on the Royal Photographic Society’s A Hundred Heroines list. The RPS today announced the 100 women chosen in a campaign honouring contemporary female photographers around the world.
PlanetHeroines
16th December 2018
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The Guardian

Following a campaign by the Royal Photographic Society to highlight modern female photographers in a male-dominated profession, a list of a Hundred Heroines was announced on 14 December, 100 years since British women first voted in a general election.
PlanetHeroines
15th December 2018
Elina BrotherusWe're in the News!

Digital Camera World

The Royal Photographic Society has just announced their list of Hundred Heroines, women from across the world whose work is transforming photography today. These female photographers, who were nominated online (anyone was allowed to make a nomination), have inspired and challenged others, highlighted particular issues or shown bravery or courage through their…
PlanetHeroines
14th December 2018
Silver LiningsHeroinic Stories

Yasmin Balai

Silver Linings is an ongoing long term project that follows a group of homeless people, inhabiting underground central heating systems in the centre of Romania's capital, Bucharest. Life on the streets can be a very traumatising and an isolating experience, where forced prostitution, drug or sexual abuse and other forms of violence…
PlanetHeroines
11th December 2018
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Natalie Lennard

Fine-art photographer Natalie Lennard has created Birth Undisturbed, a fictional narrative photography series that brings scenes of natural childbirth into cinematic fine-art tableaux. Spotlighting women of history from the Virgin Mary to the Queen, the series is partly inspired by the artist’s own experiences of birth, loss and motherhood.
PlanetHeroines
27th November 2018

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