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…
femLENS has received amazing news that we have been invited to participate in a LAB: Unveil the Hidden Presence: Trafficking in Women and Children, organised by Thomson Reuters Trust foundation and the Global Leadership Academy The Lab will bring together about 30 high-ranking participants from governments, media, business, academia, and civil society. It will work on approaches to…
Every year in December photographers, agencies and publications share their best-of selections, of the work and stories done through the year. femLENS would like to share its own selection of our favourite photographs made by our various workshop participants. femLENS Best of 2017 can be viewed here. This year femLENS ran two workshops – in…
It’s been a little while, but we’re back—and bursting with stories to share! It’s been a while! We last posted on this blog in 2023—but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been busy. Quite the opposite! At femLENS, we’ve spent the past yearс deepening our work, amplifying more women’s voices, and growing our global network of…
The femLENS team has organised the first-ever fundraising activity, “Yalla Bake”, a bake sale in the Thomson Reuters office in Gdynia, Poland. The money raised will go towards printing “We See” magazine, the first international women-only documentary photography magazine. The magazine highlights works of women living in Ireland, Poland and Lebanon, who do not have a…
We were happy to learn last Sunday that our Beirut workshop participant Halima al-Haj Ali won the top prize at the Lebanon Changemaker Photo Contest that focused on the Sustainable Development Goals. Halima is from Syria, living in Shatila Refugee Camp in Beirut, Lebanon since 2012. She was a housewife back in Syria, living in…