Who Gets to Be Seen? Rethinking Women's Representation
An exploration of visibility, identity and the importance of representing women beyond familiar images and expectations.
Who Gets to Be Seen? Rethinking Women's Representation
Images influence how we understand the world and the people who inhabit it. They shape what we notice, what we remember and, sometimes, whose experiences we consider important.
For women, representation has often been narrow, shaped by familiar ideas of beauty, age, success and femininity.
Mina's work explores the possibilities beyond those boundaries.
Beyond Familiar Images
Women are not a single story.
They are professionals, caregivers, athletes, artists, entrepreneurs, students, mothers and individuals with lives that cannot be contained within a single image.
Yet photography has often favoured a limited range of experiences and appearances.
Mina is interested in making room for the women and stories that exist outside those familiar frames.
Representation Without Expectations
To photograph women meaningfully requires an openness to who they are, rather than an assumption about how they should appear.
An older woman deserves the same thoughtful attention as a young model. A woman working in a demanding environment deserves to be seen beyond her professional title. A woman in the middle of an ordinary task deserves to occupy the frame without having to perform for it.
A More Expansive Picture
Through her work, Mina hopes to contribute to a richer visual understanding of womanhood.
One where different ages, backgrounds, professions, bodies and experiences can exist alongside one another.
Because who gets to be seen matters. And every woman should have room to be represented in her own way.
