NEW SERIES OF WORKSHOPS
Happy New Year everyone!
femLENS is planning a series of workshops for girls between the ages of 12-18 in the Boomerang Youth Cafe in Drogheda starting end of February.
Stay tuned for the stories they will tell us!
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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…
The femLENS exhibition is happening this weekend 11 June, 2017 at the Gdynia Wzgórze Św. Maksymiliana underground crossing. We are very excited and think it’s going be a great event. Spread the word and join us if you can. Event page of Facebook. PRESS RELEASE: Transcending disabilities through documentary photography * The unseen life of people with…
We were not able to put together an exhibition from the last series of workshops for various reasons, holiday season came upon us and everyone scattered. But the new year is now rolling on at high speed, it’s March and a new workshop is being planned. This time with women with mobility disabilities. We hope to…
We are happy to says that we’re coming to our last documentary photography workshop for women from a series of four. Next weekend we will meet for the last time with 10 women from various backgrounds from the suburb of Chylonia to discuss the participants’ photographs and plan our final exhibition (which should happen sometime…
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…