In August 2019 it will be 4 years since femLENS started running its workshops. In this time we have done 9 workshops in 6 countries with more than 40 women.
Below are some photographs from the very first to the latest workshop we’ve done. We are fundraising money to be able to do our next – tenth workshop – in Gaza, where local women have almost zero chances to become a documentary photographer. We hope you will spread the word about our fundraiser and give what you can.
We invite you to celebrate the new year with femLENS in Berlin, look at photographs of our workshop participants, talk to the volunteers and have a drink! Exhibition opens at 20.00 at Utrechterstr 22, Wedding, Berlin. Hope to see you there!
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femLENS presents the top photographs from our 2019 documentary photography workshop participants. femLENS ran three series of workshops in 2019 in Berlin, Germany, at Die Lernwerkstatt, the International Women Space (IWS) and part of the Art Despite Exclusion festival.