film photography pieces
A series of ongoing and past collections by female film photographers shaping the industry.
The Yanomami Struggle
Our film photography post for today is the Yanonami collection by Claudia Andujar.
Born in Switzerland to Jewish and Protestant parents, Andujar fled Europe in the aftermath of the Second World War after her father and the rest of his family died in the Holocaust. After studying Humanities at Hunter College in New York City, she moved to Brazil in 1955 to pursue photojournalism.
The Kitchen Table Series
Our film photography piece for today is “The Kitchen Table Series” by Carrie Wae Meems. While she originally studied dance, Carrie turned to photography while being a union organiser for the labour movement, for which she had originally intended to use her camera for. However, she decided to take up artistic photography after reading the “The Black Photography Annual, a book dedicated to displaying African American photographers.