The Donegal femLENS project, organised by Donegal Women’s Network, was an exhibition of beautifully captured and thought provoking documentary photography projects developed by women in Donegal. Topics included: Humans and Nature, Saving Seals, Women in Farming, MICA Homeowners Stories, Childhood Freedom, Loss, Living with Intracranial hypertension, Lockdown Emergence, Stepping into the Flow and the lived experience of domestic abuse.
Through an online training program Jekaterina Saveljeva (Kate) at femLENS delivered an empowering training programme. Kate demonstrated the capabilities of smartphone cameras and instructed participants on various aspects of photography including community storytelling and the power of photographs to convey a story.
On 9th April, participants and the public came together for a workshop exploring some of the themes in the exhibition and the value of sharing skills with women to empower their voice through photography. It was facilitated by Danielle Bonner of Donegal Women’s Network and was a valuable part of the process both for the women who made the photographs and the women who came to meet the photographers.
- April 10, 2022
