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The Art of Experimentation Online Conference
Hosted by Dr. Elizabeth Ransom from Women Alternative Photography Group and Sophie Sherwood from Folk House Darkroom Saturday 22 November and Sunday 23 November 2025 from 9am – 12pm (PST) Women Alternative Photographic Group and Folk House Darkroom collaborate for the second instalment of The Art of Experimentation Online Conference dedicated to women, non-binary, and…
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The Art of Experimentation Online Conference
Day 1 conference speakers from top left to bottom right: Lizzie Ransom (US), Sophie Sherwood (UK), Oriana Confente (Canada), Vidhyasuri Utami (Indonesia), Irina Chernikova (US), Gizem Tonbak (Turkey), Kari Varner (US), and Eleanor Oakes (US). Day 2 conference speakers from top left to bottom right: Lizzie Ransom (US), Sophie Sherwood (UK), Bridget Conn (US), Ng…
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WAPG Seminar & Private View
28 May 2024 Brewery Tap Gallery, Folkestone, England The WAPG Seminar and Private view took place at the Brewery Tap Gallery in Folkestone, England on the 28 May 2024. This Seminar brought together three women using alternative photographic processes within their creative practice. Interrogating migration, psychogeography, and sustainable photographic processes this seminar introduced the work…
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The Art of Experimentation:
A Symposium on Alternative Photography Women Alternative Photography Group and Sophie Sherwood from Folk House Darkroom Sunday 10 November 2024 from 1 – 4 pm 40a Park St, Bristol BS1 5JG, United Kingdom Women Alternative Photography Group and Folk House Darkroom in partnership hosted The Art of Experimentation: A Symposium on Alternative Photography at the Bristol…
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From fiction: Indonesian photographer Vidhyasuri Utami uses alternative photography to create photo novels
21 March 2024Interviewed by: Elizabeth Ransom Bringing together fiction, performance and alternative photography Indonesian artist Vidhyasuri Utami creates unique narratives with her creative art practice. Exploring themes of grief and loss Utami produces photographic objects as a device for storytelling. As the narrative unfolds Utami reveals fragments of conversations between characters held within hand crafted…
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Pinhole: Ukrainian artist Masha Weisberg creates work inspired by trauma induced dreams
25 January 2024Interviewed by: Elizabeth Ransom Using alternative photographic processes such as pinhole photography and chemigrams Masha Weisberg explores themes relating to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), migration, and home. Much of Weisberg works is inspired by her own lived experience and those of her friends drawing on personal stories as inspiration. As someone who…
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Into the Blue: Cara Jaye combines cyanotype, silkscreen, monoprint, and paint to address the climate crisis
25 July 2023Interviewed by: Elizabeth Ransom From our dependence on fossil fuels to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch it’s hard to ignore the impact human’s have had on the climate crisis. But what can be done to help remedy the situation? What can creatives do to address these issues? Artist and Professor Cara Jaye uses…
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Community: Eugenie Flochel visualises the healing process of female survivors of domestic violence
29 June 2023Interviewed by: Elizabeth Ransom The new publication KER by artist Eugenie Flochel investigates the lived experience of domestic violence and how survivors can use creative processes to heal. Flochel draws from her own personal story after an abusive relationship in her early twenties. Sadly she is not alone in this experience. In the…
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Etched: Attempted kidnapping, migration and COVID-19. RemiJin Camping uses the photogravure process to tell a story of grief
25 May 2023Interviewed by: Elizabeth Ransom According to the World Health Organization as of “17 May 2023, there have been 766,440,796 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,932,591 deaths, reported to WHO” (World Health Organization). For Miami based photographer RemiJin Camping the death of her father-in-law from COVID-19 in 2020 resulted in a trip to El…
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Past Event: Women Alternative Group Launch & Artist Talk
Watch the replay HERE Women Alternative Photography Group Launch and Artist Talk Celebrate the launch of the Women Alternative Photography Group with Founder and Director Elizabeth Ransom, Gül Cevikoglu and Megan Ringrose. 25 March 2023 11am (PDT) | 2pm (EST) | 6pm (GMT) Online – Zoom link will be distributed through Eventbrite Get your FREE tickets HERE Join…
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