Photo Vogue Festival

Yesterday I was lucky enough to go to Photo Vogue festival, a five day fashion photography festival hosted by Vogue Italia, and their ongoing photography campaign PhotoVogue, a platform where photographers across the globe can upload and share their fashion images with the chance of them being featured on the site. What first attracted me to the festival was its exhibition on the female gaze. This has relevance to me as my position as a female photographer and the idea has interested me for a while.

The female gaze is centered around how female fashion photographers are revolutionising the way the female body is represented through fashion.

we are starting to see women who aren't stick thin, who might have a spot on their face or cellulite on their thighs. its about empowerment of women, of photographing their friends in a natural way, and being proud of it. Alot of my theory work has been based on the male gaze, theorists Laura Mulvey, and John Berger's 'Ways of Seeing'. So it was really interesting to see an exhibition which has turned everything they believe in around and made it into something positive.

Below are some of my favourites from the exhibition.