Cavalcante meets two emerging photo artists to talk about their symbolic representations of diasporic identities of African women.
...Interview
Open dialogues and conversations with feminist practitioners working in visual culture.
A studio space, once occupied by Bitrán, prompts Shapass to enter an intimate dialogue with the artist who spots euphoria in mortality.
...Acclaimed photographer Doris Derby reminisces on documenting community mobilisation during the Civil Rights Movement.
...A reflection on the potential for photography to contribute to women’s activism in the context of resistance to mining projects in Peru.
...This interview with three migrant workers photographers offers a critical and personal insight into the narratives of tragedy, sorrow, and loss.
...Award-winning South African photographer Phumzile Khanyile discusses how violence and childhood trauma continue to shape her practice.
...Artist Hanna Norrna discusses her working methods, materiality, and her participation in the creative community.
...On behalf of MAI, Ulfsdotter meets ceramic artist Annika Svensson to discuss the context of her career as a craftwoman.
...Artist Hannah Waldron talks about how she became a weaver, her artistic inspirations, creation and temporality.
...MAI’s Aparna Sharma met with Wazmah Osman not only to reflect on the condition of women in the country but also on that of the female refugees. Here, they consider the most effective and usef...
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