Beauty is a Myth. Visual Representation is Real.
By Jessica Couloute Photo by Eva Drewa Helen of Troy, infamously known as “the face that launched a thousand ships”, can […]
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Art and Healing
Text by Cassandra Lamberti Illustration by Ludovic Pujol “I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to […]
Visual Literacy is Empowerment
Text by Jessica Couloute On International Women’s Day in 2016, at the Let Girls Learn event, Michelle Obama illustrated the […]
femLENS Publishes First Book “Unlearning the Ordinary: through a lens for the commons*”
PRESS RELEASE (Berlin, Germany, August 31, 20202) femLENS, an Estonia-based non-profit association, is proud to announce the launch of the […]
Happy 5 year anniversary femLENS!
A few days ago an ex-colleague of mine had posted a photograph of the number 5 on his social media […]
Beirut Explosion by Halima Al Haj Ali
By Halima Al Haj Ali, Beirut, Lebanon 10.09.2020 Cover photo by Faten Anbar I am photographing and documenting what […]
Have Social Media Ruined Photography? Not Exactly.
Text by Cassandra Lamberti Photo by Halima Al Haj Ali The world’s oldest surviving photograph was taken by Joseph Nicéphore […]
Righting the Wrong: How Women Have Been Excluded from the Art World and the Importance of Sharing Their Stories
Text by Cassandra Lamberti Photo by Arlette Bashizi When you open a book, inside there are words brimming with knowledge, […]
Digital literacy – common good or privilege? Do we still want to go back to “normal life”?
femLENS documentary photography workshops usually take place in small groups and face to face. The participants get any help they […]
The Contemporary Normal: How the Coronavirus Is Affecting the World
Text by Cassandra Lamberti Cover photo by Viktoiya Gorbach With the progressive rise of COVID-19, the entire world is facing […]