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In the Frame: Female Photographers Telling Stories
There are loads of photographers who take the body as their subject matter—hey, it's nothing new. But the women in this post made a point of portraying the body as something to be celebrated and...
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In The Frame: Life, Death, and Other Lessons Learned from Art
For me, art isn't just about finding something pretty or intelligent, or wishing I could paint as well as someone else. It's about looking at a piece and knowing that it's taught you something and you...
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I can't believe it's the end of my guest blog series already. Looking at he theme of art and feminism has raised loads of questions and also given lots of answers. We've explored artists who use hair...
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Sm{art}: Translady Fanzine
Translady Fanzine is a fine art photographic periodical, that in its first issue, features high-gloss portraits of video and performance artist Zackary Drucker. Amos Mac, editor and founder of the...
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Sm{art}: #1 Must Have: Queer Photo Zine
If you are looking for a new queer photo zine to brighten up your day, look no further than #1 Must Have. Just on its second issue, this new Seattle-based zine captures queer folks through...
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Tales From The Crip: This Is What Disability Looks Like
Positive representations of PWDs (People with disabilities) are hard to come by. Pitiful, gloomy loners or the excessively plucky supercrip“overcoming” a disability to inspire nondisabled counterparts...
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Documentary "Finding Vivian Maier" Reveals the Work of a Mysterious Street...
At the beginning of the Finding Vivian Maier, numerous friends, relatives, and former employers of the recently discovered Chicago street photographer and nanny try to describe her succinctly: she’s...
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How Can We Talk About Surviving a Suicide Attempt?
I associate the phrase “Live Through This” with Hole’s 1994 album of the same name—itself a nod to Vivien Leigh’s Gone With The Wind monologue, or perhaps Courtney Love’s own tumultuous coming of age....
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How Do You Feel When You See Yourself in a Photo?
For over 20 years, artist Jennifer Bermon has been getting women to look at themselves. Since 1993, Bermon has taken black-and-white photos of women and asked them to write about the way they look in...
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When the Camera Lands on Carefree Muslim Girls
The opening scenes of Karima: A Day In The Life of a Henna Girlfeature close-ups of her beautiful henna’d hands. We see the face of the girl in question only after we’ve seen her pull a red-and-white...
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