Two tongue-in-cheek images from a larger photographic project that explores patriarchal codes in the architecture of the City of London.
Marta Poncelas
Marta Poncelas was born in Vega de Espinareda, Leon, Spain. From an early age, she displayed a particular passion for photography as a vital tool for creating the future. A growing awareness of Spanish history (particularly the Civil War) and an understanding of the deep reasons why people move to other countries inform her motivation for wanting to be a beacon of hope for those who are powerless and a voice for those who are voiceless so that they may come to achieve at least a degree of freedom in their lives.
WHO SUPPORTS US
The team of MAI supporters and contributors is always expanding. We’re honoured to have a specialist collective of editors, whose enthusiasm & talent gave birth to MAI.
However, to turn our MAI dream into reality, we also relied on assistance from high-quality experts in web design, development and photography. Here we’d like to acknowledge their hard work and commitment to the feminist cause. Our feminist ‘thank you’ goes to:
Dots+Circles – a digital agency determined to make a difference, who’ve designed and built our MAI website. Their continuous support became a digital catalyst to our idealistic project.
Guy Martin – an award-winning and widely published British photographer who’s kindly agreed to share his images with our readers
Chandler Jernigan – a talented young American photographer whose portraits hugely enriched the visuals of MAI website
Matt Gillespie – a gifted professional British photographer who with no hesitation gave us permission to use some of his work
Julia Carbonell – an emerging Spanish photographer whose sharp outlook at contemporary women grasped our feminist attention
Ana Pedreira – a self-taught Portuguese photographer whose imagery from women protests beams with feminist aura
And other photographers whose images have been reproduced here: Cezanne Ali, Les Anderson, Mike Wilson, Annie Spratt, Cristian Newman, Peter Hershey