New issue of WE ARE Magazine

WE ARE Magazine is back! It’s my first issue as editor of the publication of the RPS Women in Photography group, and I’m proud of the many wonderful stories and photos overflowing from its 108 pages.

The magazine aims to drive greater awareness of the importance of female and female-identifying photographers, and it features articles from an array of visual artists across countries, genres and perspectives.

The latest edition of WE ARE Magazine uncovers the personal, the social, the cultural, and everything in between. It was especially fulfilling to learn about how RPS Women in Photography bursary recipient Mina Boromand brought her project to life. Through a series of experiments with light, Mina shares her discoveries around aphantasia, a condition which makes visualization impossible, and along the way revisits her memories of Iran and Afghanistan. 

Readers will also encounter beautiful fragments of life captured during Covid; a focus on departed, sometimes forgotten, relatives; and women living with difficult diagnoses. Within all these stories are enduring love, connection and resilience amidst loss and grief. This is life, well lived.

Through powerful portraits we explore the many meanings of masculinity, and, elsewhere, meet women traversing the experiences of mid-life. There is much more besides; I’ve learned, been surprised, and moved by every contribution. 

I’m very grateful to the talented women who’ve generously shared their work in these pages and to the Women in Photography committee members who have volunteered their time and experience to design, lay out and proof read the magazine. It simply wouldn’t exist without them!