Mariasanta Tedesco

Commercial guru at the marvellous Blackwell’s Bookshop in Oxford and enthusiastic volunteer at Photo Oxford Festival and Hundred Heroines. I have studied European politics between Italy and France, but I have always loved art to the bones, especially photography and theatre. I have some experience in performing on stage and I am a very passionate self taught photographer, always looking up at the work of great women artists. I have got an obsession with surrealism, Sicily – the place where I come from – , swans, chairs, doorbells, windows, letter boxes and lately white roses.

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Photographer Claudia Andujar Featured at the Barbican

The Barbican presents Claudia Andujar: The Yanomami Struggle, a bold, mesmerising exhibition which highlights the outstanding photographic and humanitarian work of Brazilian artist and activist Claudia Andujar, whose dedication has aided in the protection of one of Brazil’s largest indigenous groups

Gabby Kynoch22nd June 2021

NADIE, DICCIONARIO DE BOLSILLO ESPAÑOL-INGLÉS series © Mari Mahr. Courtesy of the artist and Boécho Gallery

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Words, Words, Words

Whimsical, tender, elegant; it is difficult to summarise the work of the extraordinary photographer and Contemporary Heroine Mari Mahr in a few words

Gabby Kynoch9th April 2021

Jenny Matthews Afghanistan quilt FORMAT21

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FORMAT21: Jenny Matthews

Akin to many other pioneering women photojournalists, Jenny Matthews' work introduces a feminine approach to war photography

Gabby Kynoch18th March 2021

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Land of Dreams

Land of Dreams is the latest stunning oeuvre by the Iranian-born, internationally acclaimed, conceptual visual artist and heroine Shirin Neshat

Gabby Kynoch23rd February 2021

Gender Equality: Voyages of Discovery Icon in red, icon is a compass on a red background

Voyage of Discovery

Women In Wonderland: Surreal Narratives

By Mariasanta Tedesco : In the realm of Surrealist art, women have been especially overshadowed and underrepresented. However, Surrealism – perhaps above all modernist movements – anticipated the second wave feminism of the 1960s.