Conversation between Alice Connew and Virginia Woods-Jack

The Contemporary HUM has published a conversation between Berlin-based Alice Connew & Wellington-based Virginia Woods-Jack, an extract from Dwelling in the Margins: Art Publishing in Aotearoa. Edited by Katie Kerr, Dwelling in the Margins was released in February 2021 by GLORIA Books, an intercontinental publishing platform founded by Kerr and Connew, which produces art and photography books that experiment with the publishing process.

As photographers, Connew and Woods-Jack speak about their artistic and publishing practices, and about their work highlighting women in photography through collaborative projects and platforms that foster debate, visibility and community.

"We should accept, and be accepting of, the fact that we all need to be both supporters and supported, regardless of gender. This is doubly so amongst women—yet sadly we can be each other’s worst enemy. I think we have all experienced this, but I practise a radical hope in a future where we can all acknowledge the strength in collectivity, and where we incorporate more equality into our daily lives. None of us are in this alone." - Virginia Woods-Jack.

Read the conversation in full, here on HUM.

See Alice Connew’s featured portfolio on the PhotoForum website

Read essay about Virginia Woods-Jack’s joint exhibition, on the PhotoForum website