Prof Anna Fox - Fast Forward, Women in Photography, putting ourselves in the picture

Principal Investigator: Professor Anna Fox (University for the Creative Arts)
Project Partners: Autograph, Impressions Gallery, National Galleries of Scotland, Women for Refugee Women, Work Show Grow
Research Team: Maria Kapajeva (Research Assistant, University for the Creative Arts), Elizabeth Ransom (Research Assistant, University for the Creative Arts)
Project Website.

Putting Ourselves in the Picture is a project working with refugee and migrant women learning to use photography and text to tell stories about issues that affect them in their lives. Three arts organisations: Impressions Gallery; National Galleries of Scotland, and Autograph (working in collaboration with Women for Refugee Women) hosted between 6 and 8 women participants for a series of skills based and ideas development practical photography workshops, followed by a period of mentorship with the aim of developing a knowledge of photography and its possibilities alongside story telling skills and understanding of how to make a story work in photography. This was followed by three months attending a bespoke Work Show Grow on-line course on photography training, building confidence and networks. During the project we also expanded our manifesto for increased involvement of women in photography.

Project Film

Watch the film about this project below, made by biggerhouse films. There are two versions: an audio-described version and a BSL (British Sign Language) version.

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