HER EVOLUTION
VIS NEWHOUSE MASTERS PROJECT
“Asserting that men and women have different “natures”, proponents of the emerging gender ideology insisted that men and women assigned to sex-segregated social and economic roles for their own happiness, as well as for the good of society”
(Political Leadership, Gendered Institutions, and the Politics of Exclusion, John Scott)
While documenting my masters project, I also have evolved throughout this journey, which has been the most rewarding part of all. In creating this work over the past three years, I feel this journey has become indicative of my evolution as photographer which has ultimately broadened the scope of this story, making it more personal to my growth as an individual and as a storyteller. This project reflects my journey as a photojournalist, where I began, and how my experience have shaped and led me to where I am now in my career.
INITIAL INSPIRATION: WHERE MY JOURNEY BEGAN
2016 Presidential Election in Michigan
Women’s March on Jan. 20, 2018 in Seneca Falls, New York
The Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 was the first women’s rights convention held in the United States. The Women’s March on Washington was likely the largest single-day demonstration in recorded U.S. history. In the case of women, an alternative point of view can be even more marginalized in terms of issues and coverage. Feminists were portrayed as disorganized, in protest conflicts that lessen their femininity, and with pejorative labels. Armstrong and Boyle examined news coverage of women in abortion protests from 1960-2006, finding men as sources predominant in coverage before and after the Roe v. Wade decision.
CORE FOUR
Ann Tiffany
Life-long activist in Syracuse, NY
Rachel May
New York State Senator from Syracuse, NY
Jey’nce Mizhrahi
Transgender female activist in Detroit, MI
Brenda Moss
Motivational speaker & gun violence activist in Lynchburg, VA
Exhibition BBAC
2020 Presidential Election
