Dr Alix Beeston
Thursday 17th October 2024, 12pm-2pm
Dr Alix Beeston
About:
Dr Alix Beeston is an academic and writer based at Cardiff University, where she researches and teaches feminist approaches to literature, film, and photography. She is the author of In and Out of Sight: Modernist Writing and the Photographic Unseen (Oxford University Press, 2018) and a forthcoming critical–creative book exploring the representation of women and girls in photography, as well as numerous essays in journals and magazines including LA Review of Books, Sydney Review of Books, Senses of Cinema, and Public Books.
Session title: Is photography a feminist art—or can it be?
Session abstract: Featuring an informal talk and a creative writing workshop, this session will give participants an opportunity to explore and practise feminist ways of seeing, thinking, and writing about photographs. Dr Alix Beeston will give a snapshot of current scholarly work in feminist photography studies, including her own experiments in engaging with images of women and girls both critically and creatively, before leading participants in devising short written reflections in response to specific photographs in the gallery space. This session will generate an inclusive, open-ended discussion of the politics and ethics of viewing photographs, encouraging participants to reimagine their encounters with images in art and life.
