Charlotte Jansen thinks so, and inspired by her new book, Girl on Girl: Art and Photography in the Age of the Female Gaze, this May we're featuring work by women on racial prejudice, young offenders, abortion and much more.
"Photography is an expression of power," writes Charlotte Jansen in our cover feature this May. "The photographic act is often viewed as an assertion of masculine dominance; a predatory point-and-shoot action."
She argues that social media and the sheer power of the number of women getting behind the camera is changing all that, and affecting how we see things. Though it's a contentious issue, Jansen confident that the female gaze is different to the male – that "they see the world differently – in just as much colour and nuance. We are beginning to see that world, everywhere we look."
She argues that social media and the sheer power of the number of women getting behind the camera is changing all that, and affecting how we see things. Though it's a contentious issue, Jansen confident that the female gaze is different to the male – that "they see the world differently – in just as much colour and nuance. We are beginning to see that world, everywhere we look."
Is she right? One magazine issue isn't big enough to answer – but we have followed up her hypothesis by interviewing three women about their work.
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