ABOUT WOMEN STREET PHOTOGRAPHERS
Founded in 2017 by award-winning photographer Gulnara Lyabib Samoilova, Women Street Photographers is an online and in-person community providing support and amplifying the work of women artists from all races, ethnicities, creeds, generations, abilities, and sexual and gender identities around the world today.
Designed to expand commonly held notions of street photography by adopting an inclusive, expansive, non-traditional approach, Women Street Photographers provides platforms to showcase the work of amateur and professional photographers alike, including an Instagram feed, @WomenStreetPhotographers, website, traveling exhibitions, artist residency, inspirational film series, and photography book, Women Street Photographers (Prestel, 2021).
With over 40 years combined experience as a documentary and street photographer, artist, darkroom printer, photojournalist, and photo editor for the Associated Press, Gulnara uses her experience and expertise to create visibility for women street photographers and empower them to follow their passion.
CURRENT AND PAST COLLABORATORS:
Nina Welch-Kling @ninakling , street photographer ( Artist Residency mentor, WSP festival co-organizer)
Charlotte Stone @seastonestreet , street photographer ( website, social media)
Tracey Woods @traceysees , Director of photography at @theluupe ( Guest Juror)
Aline Smithson @alinesmithson , Founder and Editor-in-Chief of @lenscratch ( Guest Juror)
Laura Noble @lauraannnoble , Founder and Director of @lanoblegallery ( Guest Juror)
Whitney Hollington Matewe (@whitneyhollingtonmatewe ) photo editor at TIME Magazine @time ( Guest Juror)
Debra Klomp Ching @debraklompching , co-owner and director of Klompching gallery ( Guest Juror)
Sonia Goydenko @soniagoydenko , street photographer ( book reviews, mentor)
Polly Irungu @pollyirungu , founder of Black Women Photographers ( Guest Juror)
Ximena Echague @ximena_echague , documentary and street photographer ( curator, juror and mentor)
WOMEN STREET PHOTOGRAPHERS FOUNDER AND CURATOR
Gulnara Lyabib Samoilova is a photographer, author, and the founder of Women Street Photographers. With 40 years combined experience as a documentary and street photographer, artist, darkroom printer, photojournalist, and photo editor, Gulnara transformed the successful Instagram feed, @WomenStreetPhotographers, into a platform for women photographers from around the globe, launching a website, traveling exhibitions, artist residency, inspirational film series, and photography book, Women Street Photographers (Prestel, 2021).
A former Associated Press photojournalist, Gulnara received national and international awards for her iconic photographs of September 11, including first prize in the World Press Photo competition and nomination for the Pulitzer Prize by the AP. Gulnara’s work is a part of major collections such as the Museum of the City of New York, The New York Public Library, New York Historical Society, the Newseum, and Houston Museum of Fine Arts. She holds a certificate in creative practices from the International Center of Photography (ICP) and lives in New York City.
Website www.gulnara.com