Feminist Photography Feminism encompasses political, ideological, and social movements aimed at defining, establishing, and achieving equal economic, political, social, personal, and cultural right as for women. Photography is an art, science, and practice of developing durable image recording using electronic radiation of light recording. Feminist photography entails the use of photography in highlighting the social, political, economic, cultural, and personal differences between men and women and aiming at bridging this gap through raising awareness and calling for equality. This study offers a review of feminist photography and the role it plays in augmenting gender equality and improving the awareness of gender inequality in the society
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Martha Rosler used photography, video, and performance to challenge the political and cultural biases of the society. Rosler used images from domestic interiors and the Vietnam War published in American magazines to depict startling contrast. She also revealed differences in the depiction of social realities through a combination of text and photographs. She also dealt with women issues and the plight of women in her videos and photography with the aim of advancing efforts for social, cultural, political, and economic equality. Marthe Rolser used video and photography to address the concerns of domesticity language in the perpetuation of women as unequal partners and people in the society and illustrated the daily experience of women undertaking domestic chores and duties. She challenged the role of the women in a home and offered alternative representation from the preconceived notions evident in the mass …show more content…
One of the feminist photographers who significantly contributed to the 20th-century feminist photography in the United States and Europe is Jo Spence owing to her role in the formation of the feminine group Hackney Flashers in 1974 and extensive writing and exhibition (Warren, 2005). Jo Spence mainly focused her feminist photographic work on the work, women, and domestic spheres and later developed phototherapy after she was diagnosed with breast cancer using series of self-portraits as therapy and passed on in 1992. Her work acted as inspiration for Angela Kelly born in Ireland and living in the United States who focuses her work on the problems faced by females growing up in a society that is male-dominated, representation, and realism. The work of Cindy Sherman, Barbara Kruger, Mary Kelly, and Sarah Charlesworth among others focused on representation and gender construction evident in cultural myths and stereotypes and perpetuated by mass media and visual images. These feminist photographers worked on challenging political and cultural bias that deeply affected women during the 1970’s and 1980’s. The role of a woman in the society as a mother and a working woman is evident in the self-portrait of Judith Black in 1979 showing her tired eyes and aging
Martha Rosler used photography, video, and performance to challenge the political and cultural biases of the society. Rosler used images from domestic interiors and the Vietnam War published in American magazines to depict startling contrast. She also revealed differences in the depiction of social realities through a combination of text and photographs. She also dealt with women issues and the plight of women in her videos and photography with the aim of advancing efforts for social, cultural, political, and economic equality. Marthe Rolser used video and photography to address the concerns of domesticity language in the perpetuation of women as unequal partners and people in the society and illustrated the daily experience of women undertaking domestic chores and duties. She challenged the role of the women in a home and offered alternative representation from the preconceived notions evident in the mass …show more content…
One of the feminist photographers who significantly contributed to the 20th-century feminist photography in the United States and Europe is Jo Spence owing to her role in the formation of the feminine group Hackney Flashers in 1974 and extensive writing and exhibition (Warren, 2005). Jo Spence mainly focused her feminist photographic work on the work, women, and domestic spheres and later developed phototherapy after she was diagnosed with breast cancer using series of self-portraits as therapy and passed on in 1992. Her work acted as inspiration for Angela Kelly born in Ireland and living in the United States who focuses her work on the problems faced by females growing up in a society that is male-dominated, representation, and realism. The work of Cindy Sherman, Barbara Kruger, Mary Kelly, and Sarah Charlesworth among others focused on representation and gender construction evident in cultural myths and stereotypes and perpetuated by mass media and visual images. These feminist photographers worked on challenging political and cultural bias that deeply affected women during the 1970’s and 1980’s. The role of a woman in the society as a mother and a working woman is evident in the self-portrait of Judith Black in 1979 showing her tired eyes and aging