THIS VIDEO: This subject is a political minefield, so I’m going to try tread lightly on the thorny gender war topics. The call for of gender equality comes from both male and female photographers - they express frustration about how their progress is hindered due to an unfairness in the system. So it’s a topic that needs to be aired, and hopefully I can present it in a way that doesn’t add to the division. In a recent study it was found that only 15% of photojournalists are women. So photojournalism is, to a large degree, performed by men, and therefore reflects a male perspective and there are concerns that this view lacks balance. Within the painting world the financial gap is significant - an analysis of 5,000 paintings was done and they found that there is a $192 billion gender gap - often the way that this disparity is presented is that - work by males sells for ten times the price of paintings produced by women and therefore this is proof that the system is rigged. A possible solution to these feelings of unfairness is that the traditional markets for photographers are rapidly shrinking and the old structures are naturally fading away. Although, the demise of the traditional media might be a strong contributing factor to the gender wars - new opportunities like social media are opening up with no systemic barriers to entry or to achieving success. Rather interpret work using the terms masculine and feminine.
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ABOUT ME: The conversations focus on topics related to different aspects of photography including: art, documentary and photojournalism. The discussions explore the personal experiences of photographers and artists and how their work reflects both their internal and external landscape. During the past 30 years I have photographed in over 50 countries for magazines including National Geographic, Time, New York Times and Newsweek. I have held solo exhibitions in New York, London and Paris and my work is showcased in private and institutional art collections around the world.
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VIDEO CLIPS: Camille Paglia why there are no great female artist, Locker Room talk, Christine Bartolucci - How It Feels To Be A Female Photographer, My experience as a female photographer in war zones Author Lynsey Addario, Nat Geo First Female Photographer Talks About Her Decades-Long Career, Nicole Tung talks her career and challenges in photojournalism, Why are there so few female artists in the National Gallery, The Female Lens Jill Greenberg TEDxWabashCollege