International Women Photographers Series—Fast Forward: Anna Fox & Karen Knorr

Two intrepid photographers and professors discuss the myriad educational strategies they activate and lead to enhance and strengthen women’s presence in photography. Anna Fox and Karen Knorr share how they empower visual storytellers by engaging a global network of practitioners, academics and curators who exchange resources, challenges and strategies toward achieving gender parity in photography. We hear how they conceived and built Fast Forward, their multi-pronged research organization responsible for establishing data, developing project-based teaching tools and convening worldwide themed conferences. Lastly, we wrap by learning of their 8-year-long road trip following the route established by Bernice Abbott. In this conversation, Anna & Karen discuss, among other things:Data on the underrepresentation of women photographers Addressing and critically analyzing gender inequalities in workshop formatsImpact of motherhood and caregiving roles on professional photographers Teaching as an adjunct to pursuing one’s photographic workCoalition-building, nurturing collaborative efforts and creating global conferences to discover hidden stories of and by women visual storytellersIdentifying key gate openers and partnering with willing arts and educational institutions Network-building from exhibition practicesAmbition, Synergy and Foresight Reaching for inclusion with innovative strategiesGrants, grants and grantsHistory of their multiple road trips photographing togetherImage and text dialogReferenced in the episodeManifestoReport on Equity and InclusionFast Forward Putting Ourselves in the PictureThe Other Observers by Val WilliamsImpressions GalleryUniversity of the Arts LondonTateMEPWork Show GrowNational Portrait GalleryTrolley BooksT.J. Boulting Gallery

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