femLENS is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering and elevating female documentarians. Their mission is “to visually educate and make technologically aware the most vulnerable and resourceless women of our society through documentary photography made accessible by mobile phone cameras and cheaper point and shoot cameras.” to further the progress in gender equality, human rights, and diversity and inclusion.
International Literacy Day 2020
For International Literacy Day 2020, the organization wanted to bring awareness to visual literacy and its significance in the Digital Age. In efforts to educate readers about the negative societal impacts of illiteracy and the emerging importance of visual literacy, I wrote this article to be shared on their website and social media platforms.
We See Magazine
We See magazine is a woman-focused documentary photography magazine first published in 2018. All featured work comes from participants in past femLENS’ workshops. We See furthers femLEN’s commitment to showcasing women from socially and culturally diverse backgrounds.
My featured work can be found on the following pages:
2020: A Shift in Perspective (pages 10 - 12)
femLENS News (pages 14 - 16)
Visual Representation
Matters
femLENS is an organization that seeks to empower women from diverse backgrounds. In light of this mission, I wrote this think piece to examine the misplaced value of beauty and its unrealistics standards, and emphasized the importance of visual representation that is reflective of the society we live in.