Showing posts with label women. Show all posts
Showing posts with label women. Show all posts
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Applause for the Average Woman!
Here's thoughtful post entitled "Photo of Average-Size Woman Astonishes Glamour Readers" in PDNPulse. The article revolves around the running of a very small photo in Glamour of a nude model with an "average sized" body. Being "average" myself I'm glad to see other ladies (esp. models) feeling sexy about their bodies, but responses to both Glamour and PDNPulse show that deeper thinking is still involved in the Industry. And for a bit more on the subject check out the Glamour Mag link!
Thursday, August 14, 2008
NYMPHOTO, a webspace for Women Photographe
Since it has been quite some time since I made a post I figured I'd better do something! Today I am in my home office editing some wedding photos, and just checked my email to find this great Women's web resource. Thanks to my friend Martin Berg for endlessly sending me great links to things like NYMPHOTO!
From their BLOGSPOT:
NYMPHOTO is a collective of women in photography dedicated to creating a community of and for female artists & art administrators, in order to span the gender divide that pervades throughout the art world today. Our primary concern is to increase the exposure of our & other female photographers and the work they create. The collective is a fusion of industries: the scholastic, the representative and the museum.
From their BLOGSPOT:
NYMPHOTO is a collective of women in photography dedicated to creating a community of and for female artists & art administrators, in order to span the gender divide that pervades throughout the art world today. Our primary concern is to increase the exposure of our & other female photographers and the work they create. The collective is a fusion of industries: the scholastic, the representative and the museum.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Afghan Women march for Peace
Women in Afghanistan are organizing, aiming to mobilize one million women to march for peace on International Women's Day on March 8th.
Please join me in signing the following petition so they know the rest of the world supports them.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/afghanpeace/
http://www.ipetitio
Women in Kandahar, one of the most violent Afghan provinces, were the first to declare they will gather on March 8th, and they were soon followed by women in Kabul. They have asked women across Afghanistan to start their own March 8th events. They believe only Afghans can stop the violence against other Afghans. They want to stop the killing of their sons, husbands, brothers, fathers and families.
The Afghan women have taken their cue from two ordinary women in Ireland who, in the 1970s, grew angry because Irish were killing Irish. These women went door to door and convinced women to march for peace. They later won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Please support these brave Afghan women with your signature as they march peacefully to proclaim PEACE NOW on March 8th at 10 am. Peace begins with each one of us, and signing the petition will only take a few moments of your time:
The Afghan women have taken their cue from two ordinary women in Ireland who, in the 1970s, grew angry because Irish were killing Irish. These women went door to door and convinced women to march for peace. They later won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Please support these brave Afghan women with your signature as they march peacefully to proclaim PEACE NOW on March 8th at 10 am. Peace begins with each one of us, and signing the petition will only take a few moments of your time:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/afghanpeace/
And please pass this on to your network. If one million Afghan women can muster the courage to march, we should be able to gather at least as many signatures on this petition.
And please pass this on to your network. If one million Afghan women can muster the courage to march, we should be able to gather at least as many signatures on this petition.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
photography workshop BODY IMAGE with Jila Nikpay
The Minnesota Center for Photography is offering a three part workshop entitled BODY IMAGE with photographer Jila Nikpay. From the MNCP website:
Description
Photographer/filmmaker Jila Nikpay offers women the opportunity to explore their body identity in this workshop. Her cross-cultural approach combines Eastern and Western sensibilities and makes use of a creative process through which women use their imaginations and intellects to examine personal relationships with their bodies. The workshop begins with a slide lecture that surveys the depiction of women in Eastern and Western paintings. The following session includes group discussion and creative exercises that prepare participants for an individual, explorative process using fabric as an artistic medium. The instructor will then photograph each woman, guiding her to move and express inner images of her body. In the third session, these photographs will be projected larger than life, offering the chance to view their draped bodies in a dramatic way and to engage in group discussion. Each participant will keep a 5x7 photograph as a record of her self-discovery.
Requirements
This workshop is open to all women who are interested in discussing and exploring their identities through dialogue and photographic exercises in a safe and nurturing environment. Participants do not need to have experience in photography.
To learn more and sign up for this workshop click HERE.
Description
Photographer/filmmaker Jila Nikpay offers women the opportunity to explore their body identity in this workshop. Her cross-cultural approach combines Eastern and Western sensibilities and makes use of a creative process through which women use their imaginations and intellects to examine personal relationships with their bodies. The workshop begins with a slide lecture that surveys the depiction of women in Eastern and Western paintings. The following session includes group discussion and creative exercises that prepare participants for an individual, explorative process using fabric as an artistic medium. The instructor will then photograph each woman, guiding her to move and express inner images of her body. In the third session, these photographs will be projected larger than life, offering the chance to view their draped bodies in a dramatic way and to engage in group discussion. Each participant will keep a 5x7 photograph as a record of her self-discovery.
Requirements
This workshop is open to all women who are interested in discussing and exploring their identities through dialogue and photographic exercises in a safe and nurturing environment. Participants do not need to have experience in photography.
To learn more and sign up for this workshop click HERE.
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