Foto Femme United C*nsorsh*p Pop-Up Exhibition
Carol Espindola
Foto Femme United (FFU) a platform and photography group based in Paris, in collaboration with Galerie &CO119, launched their first ever exhibition on the theme of censorship, primarily in social media. The exhibition was to take place March 12-21 at Galerie &CO119. They received 420 images from 140 photographers representing 32 countries, with 26 finalists chosen photographers and 42 exhibited images. Sadly, it had to be postponed after a great deal of work and anticipation.
From the FFU website:
The stringent and yet vague community guidelines of the major social media channels are inconsistent, full of contradictions and hypocritical at best, but the problem runs deeper. The message is deafeningly loud and the silence is violent: if you have enough money or are famous enough, you can publish whatever you want, regardless if it violates their own guidelines. If you don’t have a “perfect body”, you will not be seen. If you have important messages to express about the female body, whether that be cis or trans, you will not be heard. C*nsorsh*p is an exhibition which gives a voice to women, nonbinary and trans photographers to show their photography without fear or threat.
Thanks for working with us, FFU! It’s our honour to showcase these selected works from your exhibition.
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