Mujeres en la lucha (Women in the fight)
© Elena Vega
Author Name: Elena Vega
Author Location: México City , México
Author Background: I have a PhD in Social and Political Sciences. I am currently a university professor, collaborating in a private university and in a public university teaching subjects on education and public policy. I have been interested in black and white photography for years and I consider myself an amateur of this activity since my youth. In 2018, I received the Margaret McNamara grant with which I conducted research on young women, pregnancy and education.
Submission Statement: This work is part of a photographic series that seeks to reflect the diversity of women and their constant struggle to be heard, to be seen as different and at the same time independent. My work is in monochrome since I conceive photographs in this format as timeless, that is, I see these women in the past, in the present and in the future, fighting for themselves.
Comments from the judges:
Karen Dias: “I enjoyed the movement, expressions and moments of solidarity in these images.”
Katie Jett Walls: ”Solid reportage images with appealing subjects in a meaningful setting.”
