09/11 | Workshop “Photography and Gender”

Is there a “feminine” gaze?

In this 5-hour workshop, Gabo addresses the issues that make an exercise in photography from a gender perspective. We will meet great inspiring photographers, and we will take photographs in the field.

Program:

Morning session: Presentation of the conference. Theory and debate: What is photography. Is there a female “gaze”? The construction of the “own voice” and the places of enunciation in photography. How to tell women’s stories. Ethics and professional responsibility. Debate: Do images change the world? Can they influence the egalitarian construction of gender? How do you communicate, transmit and produce in a world that communicates, transmits and produces too much?

Projection of Gabo’s work + inspiring examples of great national and international photographers (Diane Arbus – Nan Goldin – Franchesca Woodman – Alessandra Sanguineti, Joana Biarnes, García Rodero, Vivian Maier, among others). References from organizations of women photographers.

Afternoon session: Practice in the territory. With camera in hand, we will play “in the manner of…” different photographers of history.

Final minutes for viewing the material produced and sharing.

Final Thoughts

Participants must bring:

• Optional: Photographs taken by women that have impacted/moved them for class analysis.
• A camera (or mobile phone). No knowledge of photographic technique or history of photography is necessary.