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…
The latest World Press Photo report has been released. It gives us insight into the visual representation of the world and diversity, very important work being done by WPP. “In the last three years, the number of female entrants to the World Press Photo Contest has been 15 percent, and this year it increased ever…
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.
We are currently in Beirut, Lebanon, doing a documentary photography workshop with women living in the Shatila refugee camp. Building trust and confidence in the women is always the hardest thing when just starting but I hope by the end of next week, after 16 hours together, they will realise their own potential and approach…
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…
Beautiful Alicja has bought two prints from us of our most recent participants’ work – well done to Ewa and Magda, and hope Alicja enjoys the prints for a long time! Check out Alicja’s cool hashtags – looostinwonderland https://www.instagram.com/p/BXG95jiFUSR/?taken-by=looostinwonderland
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…
Many thanks from Thomas Mukoya and Andrew Winning for the photographs of our “street” exhibition in Gdynia.
These were photos that were shown in Gdynia to the public. Will post some photos from the exhibition opening in a few days.