We are currently in Beirut, Lebanon, doing a documentary photography workshop with women living in the Shatila refugee camp. Building trust and confidence in the women is always the hardest thing when just starting but I hope by the end of next week, after 16 hours together, they will realise their own potential and approach…
Today is femLENS 2 year anniversary since the very first workshop in Balgaddy, Dublin. That first workshop happened in a community centre with no projector or screen, no budget and not much of a clear view of where this could go – just an idea that there are stories about the community that women need…
Beautiful Alicja has bought two prints from us of our most recent participants’ work – well done to Ewa and Magda, and hope Alicja enjoys the prints for a long time! Check out Alicja’s cool hashtags – looostinwonderland https://www.instagram.com/p/BXG95jiFUSR/?taken-by=looostinwonderland
We have had a very busy spring learning about documentary photography, looking for stories to tell, realising them and finally organising an exhibition in one of the busiest spots in Gdynia to share the work of our participants. Ewa and Magda were very dedicated and we wish them to keep on practicing telling their stories…
Many thanks from Thomas Mukoya and Andrew Winning for the photographs of our “street” exhibition in Gdynia.
These were photos that were shown in Gdynia to the public. Will post some photos from the exhibition opening in a few days.
The femLENS exhibition is happening this weekend 11 June, 2017 at the Gdynia Wzgórze Św. Maksymiliana underground crossing. We are very excited and think it’s going be a great event. Spread the word and join us if you can. Event page of Facebook. PRESS RELEASE: Transcending disabilities through documentary photography * The unseen life of people with…
Full video will be out at the end of May – beginning of June when the workshops are finished and we organise an exhibition which will feature the work of our participants. May is National Disability month in Poland, and our participants work will provide us with a unique insight into the world of disabled women in Gdynia,…
We are very happy and grateful for the support we received from Thomson Reuters Poland by providing us with disposable film cameras that our workshop participants will us to create their personal project.
femLENS is a tool for social change, offering an inclusive approach by empowering women to become change agents themselves by using visual storytelling to document their own lives within the society we live in through the easily available tools – mobile phone cameras and other cheaper alternatives. Jekaterina Saveljeva, the founder and workshop coordinator at…