In the Press
Photo Vogue: Women by Women
PhotoVogue is proud to unveil the shortlist of the most talented artists selected from Women by Women, our most ambitious Global Open Call to date. This digital exhibition brings together a remarkable group of 150 photographers and video makers whose work explores what it means to see—and be seen—as a woman.
With nearly 100,000 submissions from over 9,500 artists across 149 countries and territories, the response was extraordinary—a testament to the urgency, depth, and beauty of the female gaze in contemporary image-making. From intimate portraits to bold conceptual narratives, from fashion to documentary, the selected works span a wide range of voices, styles, and visions.
These artists’ works stand out for their originality, emotional resonance, and aesthetic strength. Together, they form a moving visual chorus that challenges norms, expands representation, and reclaims space.
PhotoVogue Festival 2026: PVF Conversations 2026 • Taking Space: Women, Strength, and the Right to Be Here
This panel brings together photographers whose work explores strength as a lived, embodied condition rather than a spectacle. Through long-term projects rooted in sport, training, discipline, and physical risk, the artists reflect on how women’s bodies take space within arenas historically shaped by exclusion, control, and gendered expectations.
Working across documentary, fashion, and more stylized visual languages, these photographers share an attention to process, repetition, and presence. Strength emerges over time, built through endurance and commitment, challenging fixed ideas of femininity, visibility, and who is allowed to occupy public and competitive spaces.
Midcoast Villager: Going ‘Beyond the Compass’
The Midcoast Villager did a magazine story on the making of the film “Beyond the Compass” directed by Lia-Lucine Cary and Nicki Ripple.
PhotoVogue Festival 2026: The Community
Nicki and I were featured artists for “Beyond the Compass” in the Photo Vogue Festival Article.
