Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA), and Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) announced the inaugural WOPHA Congress. Titled Women, Photography, and Feminisms, this first international convening of its kind invited women photography organizations and artists around the world to an in-person and online space for dialogue, celebration, and critical debate about women’s contributions to modern and contemporary art, with the aim of rewriting the established artistic canon and provoking social change.

More than 25 internationally-recognized scholars and artists from around the world participated in the two-day interactive congress, including Ariella Aïsha Azoulay, Professor of Modern Culture and Media and Comparative Literature at Brown University; Laylah Amatullah Barrayn, Co-founder of MFON: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora; Elizabeth Ferrer, writer and curator; Anna Fox, Founder of Fast Forward: Women in Photography; Roxana Marcoci, Senior Curator of Photography at MoMA; Abigail Solomon-Godeau, Professor Emerita at University of California; Maggie Steber, award-winning documentary photographer, and Deborah Willis, Professor of Photography and Imaging at NYU.

The virtual forum, Race, Activism and Photography, examined recent societal injustices, systemic racism, and the continued underrepresentation in the art world through the lenses of art and activism. This three-day symposium featured panel-led roundtables, lectures, and artist presentations, amplifying the voices of artists, writers, and arts professionals.

As part of the event, Elizabeth Ferrer presented a lecture focusing on her new book, Latinx Photography in the United States, the first photography book to showcase the exceptionally diverse photographic work of Latinx artists.

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