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Lissa Mitchell and Virginia Woods-Jack, Zoom

Zoom conversation between Andy Spain and Lissa Mitchell, curator of historical photography, at Te Papa, and Virginia Woods-Jack, artist and curator. Lissa talks about her project researching the work of forgotten early New Zealand women photographers and Virginia talks about her work with Women in Photography NZ & AU and the Lightbox series, We Look to the Future with Progressive Ideals. Shining the light on contemporary female-identifying and non-binary photographic artists.

Commissioned by PhotoForum, published 31 May, 2021

Useful links related to the conversation

Statistics about gender bias and art from The Spinoff and CounterFutures
The exhibition Everywhere we look curated by Women in Photography NZ & Au for PhotoForum

A talk by Jill Soloway on The Female Gaze