The default history of photography is presented as art, but it shouldn’t
Photographs are everywhere. We think we understand what they are and why we use them. There are photographs everywhere. In…
Author: Lynda B.
Hey Folks, What’s Up! Hope you enjoyed the read! A free-soul, I have travelled so many places and build up a passion for Photography. Whatever my lens captures, I share it online and it gives me immense joy.
Reframing women’s history in Namibian early photography
There are very few female photographers in South Africa’s early and middle 1900s. Even fewer women photographers, such as Constance…
How Photography Can Build Peace and Justice in War-Torn Communities
We did this in Colombia. This is a country that has been at peace for more than fifty years, with left-wing guerrillas and…
Although women were pioneers of photography
The male dominance in photography is still a fact. There is a noticeable lack of equality when it comes to…
The newsletter that is creating a new discussion about African photography
Emmanuel Iduma, a Nigerian, is a writer, editor and publisher. He’s also a critic and a photographer. In 2022, he…
A huge and dazzling exhibit that reexamines how we think
The National Gallery of Victoria’s (NGV) Photography: Real and Intended exhibit, which is nearly 200 years old, can be seen as…
The pioneering gay artists who introduced Vietnam to gay culture
Taiwan’s highest court has made a historic decision in favor of gay marriage. Many LGBT activists in the region were…
Spirit Photography captures love, loss, and longing
It is believed that the process of light bouncing off the subject and then back to the camera suggests that…
Namibians marginalized by colonialism are trying to reclaim their photography
In much of Africa, photography haNamibia’shequered past. Namibia was, for example, the site of a Genocide between 1904-1908. The German…
A woman is likely to have invented the 19th-century innovation in bereavement rites
These portraits visually reunite bereaved people with their loved ones. Some interpreted these photographs as evidence supporting “spiritualists” beliefs. The spiritualists believed that…