International Women Photographers Series—Fast Forward: Anna Fox & Karen Knorr
Karen Knorr
Anna Fox
Episode #85
Summary
Two intrepid photographers and professors discuss the myriad educational strategies they activate and lead to enhance and strengthen women’s presence in photography.
Episode Notes:
Anna Fox and Karen Knorr share how they empower visual storytellers by engaging a global network of practitioners, academics and curators who exchange resources, challenges and strategies toward achieving gender parity in photography. We hear how they conceived and built Fast Forward, their multi-pronged research organization responsible for establishing data, developing project-based teaching tools and convening worldwide themed conferences. Lastly, we wrap by learning of their 8-year-long road trip following the route established by Bernice Abbott.
In this conversation, Anna & Karen discuss, among other things:
Data on the underrepresentation of women photographers
Addressing and critically analyzing gender inequalities in workshop formats
Impact of motherhood and caregiving roles on professional photographers
Teaching as an adjunct to pursuing one’s photographic work
Coalition-building, nurturing collaborative efforts and creating global conferences to discover hidden stories of and by women visual storytellers
Identifying key gate openers and partnering with willing arts and educational institutions
Network-building from exhibition practices
Ambition, Synergy and Foresight
Reaching for inclusion with innovative strategies
Grants, grants and grants
History of their multiple road trips photographing together
Image and text dialog
Referenced in the episode:
Report on Equity and Inclusion
Putting Ourselves in the Picture