The first publication from a new female collective engaging topics of gender portrayal, body image and the media
Founded in 2018 by Kirsten Becken and Veronika Faustmann, and now comprised of 20 female photographers, the non-hierarchical collective Female Photographers Org has set itself the task of creating a pictorial dialogue about bodies and their perception within the media.
The Body Issue is the first joint publication of the group. It includes photography by guests Brandy Eve Allen, Brittney Cathey-Adams, Mary Chen, Tamara Dean, Yushi Li Dita Pepe, Lotte van Raalte, Laurie Simmons and Chanell Stone, as well as work by members of the collective: Bex Day, Haley Morris-Cafiero, Katharina Bosse, Maggie Steber, Meklit Fekadu, Jennifer Greenburg, Jocelyn Lee, Lilly Urbat, Kirsten Becken, Claudia Holzinger, Jessica Barthel, Caro Siegl, Oriana Layendecker, Nora Lowinsky, Hanna Mattes, Veronika Faustmann, Katya Abedian, Paula Winkler, Marzena Skubatz and Qiana Mestrich.
Kirsten Becken's "Lady in Red" (2019) is reproduced from 'Female Photographers Org: The Body Issue.'
"Heath" (2005) from Katharina Bosse's series A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Mother, is reproduced from Female Photographers Org: The Body Issue, the first publication from a new, non-hierarchical collective of 20 female photographers engaging topics of gender portrayal, body image and the media. "In the 1980s, voices started to emerge that criticized the depiction of women’s bodies in the male-dominated world of photography," Elisabeth Biondi writes. "How-to guides for photographing the nude body only had female models. Men were the photographers and the authors. Women were in front of the lens and depicted like butterflies in a lepidopterological study and male superiority in the field was never questioned." This vibrant, provocative 144-page issue edited by Biondi with text by Emma Lewis gives voice to the discussion of the representation of the female body and includes work by guest artists Brandy Eve Allen, Brittney Casey Adams, Mary Chen, Tamara Dean, Yushi Li Dita Pepe, Lotte van Raalte, Laurie Simmons and Chanell Stone, as well as work by members of the collective, including Bosse, Bex Day, Haley Morris-Cafiero, Maggie Steber, Meklit Fekadu, Jennifer Greenburg, Jocelyn Lee, Lilly Urbat, Kirsten Becken, Claudia Holzinger, Jessica Barthel, Caro Siegl, Oriana Layendecker, Nora Lowinsky, Hanna Mattes, Veronika Faustmann, Katya Abedian, Paula Winkler, Marzena Skubatz and Qiana Mestrich.
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FORMAT: Pbk, 7 x 9.5 in. / 144 pgs / 100 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $45.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $63 ISBN: 9783775746632 PUBLISHER: Hatje Cantz AVAILABLE: 9/15/2020 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of stock indefinitely AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: NA LA
Published by Hatje Cantz. Edited by Elisabeth Biondi. Text by Emma Lewis.
The first publication from a new female collective engaging topics of gender portrayal, body image and the media
Founded in 2018 by Kirsten Becken and Veronika Faustmann, and now comprised of 20 female photographers, the non-hierarchical collective Female Photographers Org has set itself the task of creating a pictorial dialogue about bodies and their perception within the media.
The Body Issue is the first joint publication of the group. It includes photography by guests Brandy Eve Allen, Brittney Cathey-Adams, Mary Chen, Tamara Dean, Yushi Li Dita Pepe, Lotte van Raalte, Laurie Simmons and Chanell Stone, as well as work by members of the collective: Bex Day, Haley Morris-Cafiero, Katharina Bosse, Maggie Steber, Meklit Fekadu, Jennifer Greenburg, Jocelyn Lee, Lilly Urbat, Kirsten Becken, Claudia Holzinger, Jessica Barthel, Caro Siegl, Oriana Layendecker, Nora Lowinsky, Hanna Mattes, Veronika Faustmann, Katya Abedian, Paula Winkler, Marzena Skubatz and Qiana Mestrich.
