by Halima Al Haj Ali, Beirut, Lebanon 10.09.2020Cover photo by Faten Anbar I am photographing and documenting what happened in Beirut so that the world sees the great destruction and suffering caused by the explosion. On the other hand I’m doing it so that the world knows the help and love that exists among all…
by Cassandra Lamberti Photo by Halima Al Haj Ali The world’s oldest surviving photograph was taken by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in Burgundy, France, sometime between 1826 and 1827. Since then, cameras have been used to record still images as well as moving pictures. At one point, freezing a single moment in a frame was considered…
by Cassandra Lamberti Photo by Arlette Bashizi When you open a book, inside there are words brimming with knowledge, history or a visionary tale that may bring you into a world you would never have thought of otherwise. When you go to a museum, there are paintings, sculptures and photographs crafted by individuals. These pieces…
femLENS documentary photography workshops usually take place in small groups and face to face. The participants get any help they need immediately and the facilitator has control over the entire process. When in early March the Estonian government suspended all public events as protection against the novel Coronavirus, femLENS had just started a new series of…
by Cassandra Lamberti Cover photo by Viktoiya Gorbach With the progressive rise of COVID-19, the entire world is facing a substantial amount of uncertainty, with modifications occurring daily in each country. People in the Schengen Area, Asia, Africa and the USA are all amongst those that are highly affected by this outbreak. While in some…
by Cassandra Lamberti History paints for us a delineation of the word volunteer as those who have the time and dedication. They are the noble ones who are able to do the work we wish we could but may not have the resources to do so. However, to be a volunteer, all one has to…
Jenny Nash uses the experiential nature of her practice as an important component in her work. She documents spaces of memory and also appropriate PTSD treatments such as returning to sites of past trauma with my camera. Alternatively she confronts past trauma in self portraiture sessions which enable her to access deep memories and converse…
Cover photo Femgrafía Index ©Teresa Aviedma (Teresaverso) Interview with Karla Guerrero, founder of Femgrafia, as well as photographer and curator, about the project and women working together through skill-share. When and why did you start Femgrafia? I’m a photographer, digital curator, and cultural manager. Last year I decided to build this platform following my background…
by Emily Cai The mission of femLENS is rooted in female empowerment and gender equality. Over the past years, femLENS has had the opportunity to work with women in countries such as Poland, Ireland, Ukraine, Lebanon, Germany, Spain, setting up photography workshops in order to help women tell their stories. As an organisation whose values…
This Monday 9th of March we are starting a series of documentary photography workshops with girls aged 17-23 and women aged 40+ in the town of Narva, Estonia – the hometown of femLENS founders Jekaterina Saveljeva and Maria Vesselko. You can read about Narva and its historic complexity that we hope will become visible to…