Angela Chalmers

Women crowned by light today in honour of it being St. Lucia’s Day (St Lucy). A festival of lights celebrated in Sweden and Norway on 13th December in honour of her- young women and girls adorn themselves with wreaths and crowns of lights and candles. Lucy/Lucia means light.

The Chipko Movement,1970s-Indian, mainly women activists who protected local forests from deforestation, a model for ecofeminist activism and environmental movements globally. Relates to the term 'tree huggers' #WomensArt

@deborahparkin Beautifully inspiring indeed!

I loved the exhibition! And two fabulous books that I bought too @deborahparkin

The @royalsociety has digitised and put online over 10,000 letters from and to Sir William Herschel. Checking out "Resource: Herschel letters digitised and online" on British Photographic History: britishphotohistory.ning.com/profiles/blogs…

It is that time of year #wildgarlic #cyanotype

A creative afternoon playing with paper folding #cyanotypes

'Sunflower' by Yorkshire-based artist and printmaker Pippa Dyrlaga who creates intricate paper cut artworks #womensart

8 April 1820: Venus de Milo is discovered by Yorgos Kentrotas on the #Greek island of #Milos. It is thought that Alexandros of Antioch created her. At the time of discovery, the island was part of the #Ottoman Empire. #VenusdeMilo #art #sculpture #ad amzn.to/2xQGikW

#Cyanotype, #collage and #embroidery by Émilie Léger for our Calendar & Journal event. Will you take part too? Open for entries until 31 March when the voting will start! 👉 alternativephotography.com/calendar-event/

🎉 Happy birthday to polymath May Morris (1862-1938)- artist, designer, embroiderer, writer, editor, lecturer, activist and astute business woman, among her many other talents. She also loved travelling and camping with her life partner and soulmate, Mary Lobb. 🎉

NEW WORK – EXCLUSIVE launched @guardian Saturday Magazine today – on Anna Atkins birthday ‘Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Imperfections’ - dedicated website portfolio atkins-barker.com

Celebrating the 225th birthday of photographic pioneer Anna Atkins. @NHM_London digitised over 400 of Anna's cyanotypes so we can see her revolutionary photography of British algae from the 1840s & 50s including this image of Porphyra laciniata. nhm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/view/BookReade…

For #WomensHistoryMonth we are spotlighting lesser known women artists of the Pre-Raphaelite Circle. Have you heard of Eveleen Myers? As a child she was inspired by Julia Margaret Cameron’s studio and the influence of Cameron’s Pre-Raphaelite style can be seen in her photos.

Delighted to contribute a new @NPGLondon Female Focus blog - "Through Camille Silvy’s Lens: A Focus on Seven Pioneering Women Photographers". This looks at Silvy’s portraits of 7 early women photographers. NPG Ax50283 the Countess of Caledon shown here. npg.org.uk/collections/re…

Planting Ideas at St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery: stbarbe-museum.org.uk/whats-on/exhib…

Japanese artist Kunie Sugiura, Genealogical Flora Fused, 1995, photogram #WomensArt

Delighted to be a part of 'Planting Ideas' at St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery @StBarbeMuseum Opens 20th January stbarbe-museum.org.uk/whats-on/exhib…

I just love the creative projects in it, especially the folding paper projects. Very creative! Here is the book I'm talking about: amzn.to/4aBUYCj And here is the interview: alternativephotography.com/angela-chalmer…

Remembering Ukrainian artist Lubov Panchenko who died on April 30, 2022 in Bucha after suffering due to the war/occupation #WomensArt