“Good” photographs: The white male gaze and how we privilege ways of seeing
In this first article co-authored by Andrew Jackson and Savannah Dodd, they address the white male gaze and how we privilege ways of seeing, explaining that it is the broader socio-cultural context that shapes how we learn to value different ways of seeing. And it consistently puts white, male ways of seeing right at the top.
This year, due to the coronavirus pandemic, we moved the symposium online. Instead of one all-day event, we hosted a mini-series of events. We heard from Smita Sharma, Laura Saunders, Melissa Bunni Elian, Martha Tadesse, Jennie Ricketts, and John Edwin Mason.
These sessions were organised by the Photography Ethics Centre, and moderated by Savannah Dodd. This event was supported by the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists.