In Sydney for the launch of @homagefemme – creations from my talented sister Josephine Perkins. Surprise trip so far a big success
“Nobody will give it to you – you have to take it. ” From our photographer notebook on Zohra Bensemra (photo no. 17) http://t.co/76DyaKmD
“Don’t stay in your place and say you are a woman without power. You have power – you just have to go and do what you want to do.”
“I like to be close to strong women. I want to transmit the message to other women – you have to be like this to get what you want.”
Powerful Photographer notebook from Zohra Bensemra, one of the few Arab women photographers for an international agency http://t.co/76DyaKmD
“Don’t cry. Don’t stay in your place and say you are a woman without power. You have power – you just have to go and do what you want to do”
“You are not like me; I am not like you, even if we are both women. Each of us has our own life, own style and we have to respect it.”
Our latest Photographer notebook is from Zohra Bensemra who recounts her experience as an Arab woman photographer http://t.co/76DyaKmD
Photographer notebook: Zohra Bensemra
Born in Algiers in 1968, Zohra was recruited as a stringer photographer for Reuters by Mallory Langsdon in 1997 during the last years of the conflict in Algeria. In 2000, Zohra was sent on her first assignment abroad for Reuters to Macedonia where ethnic Albanians were taking refuge from Serbian forces. In 2003 she went to Iraq while Saddam was still on the run. In Najaf, Iraq, in 2004 Zohra was made staff photographer from Reuters.
Zohra won the European Union prize for the best African press photographer in 2005. Still based in Algiers she continues to cover some African and Middle East countries. Last year she documented Sudan’s referendum, Tunisia’s uprising and Libya’s revolution. In the following showcase, Zohra recounts her experience as an Arab woman photographer.
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
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