International Women Photographers Series—WOPHA, Women Photographers International Archive

Unscripted conversations with Aldeide Delgado, co-founder and leader of Women Photographers International Archive, and recent WOPHA Research Fellow and scholar, Dr. Candice Jansen.Each woman shares their expansive practice, leading with curiosity and utilizing inquiry to activate potentiality. As scholars, archivists, writers, curators, and collaborators - their open-ended investigations resist a singular way of seeing. They build evolutionary and community-driven paradigms based on research, and center the importance of the past to envision a more equitable future. In this conversation, Aldeide and Candicediscuss, among other things:Amplifying visual stories of marginalized communitiesRewriting photographic history from a feminist perspective Curatorial activism Rhizomatic thinking Trial, error and playPlace as processThe audience as the protagonist New vocabulary and new definitions - ie. Memorist Photography as a medium and a whole-body experienceEstablishing terms of visibility Prismatic perceptionReferenced in the episode:Doreen Masseybell hooksWT Mitchell - what if race were a medium?The Photography NetworkRegarding MuslimsStuart Hall 1990 essay

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