PHOTOS FROM THE EXHIBITION IN GDYNIA, POLAND
Many thanks from Thomas Mukoya and Andrew Winning for the photographs of our “street” exhibition in Gdynia.
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…
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.
This weekend on 21 November 2015 femLENS held a photo exhibition showing the results of our first series of workshops in Balgaddy, Dublin. The exhibition was an interactive “photo-hunt”. The photographs were spread out through Balgaddy and visitors used maps to find the photos. Our workshop participant Paula Haverty was around telling stories about the life in Balgaddy…
Press Release (Gdynia, Poland, March 8, 2018) This International Women’s Day marks the launch of We See, a biannual women-only documentary photography magazine, edited independently by Estonian-based NGO femLENS. This is not to celebrate women’s achievements but, rather, to encourage women to become change agents themselves while struggling for gender equality, and disrupting gender-stereotypes in cultural…
As we begin the new year, you are invited to have a look at our achievements in 2017. We worked with 2 communities in 2017 – with women with disabilities in Gdynia, Poland and women living in the Shatila Refugee Camp in Berut, Lebanon. Best of femLENS 2017 from femLENS on Vimeo.
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,…