J oin us for a talk by Dr. Kelly McCormick (University of British Columbia)\, who will discuss her book project on the history of Japanese women photogr aphers and their untold stories.
Kelly McCormick’s Contested Fram es: Women\, Photography\, and the Politics of Seeing in Modern Japan t ells the history of Japanese women photographers from their collaboration w ith the Japanese government during wartime to their use of photography to c ritique the state and patriarchal systems in the 1970s. McCormick will disc uss the untold stories of women photographers to reveal the ways that photo graphy has been crucial to building community and pushing back against medi a depictions of women in Japan.
This talk is free and open to the pub lic. No registration is required.
Date & Time:
Friday\, November 7\, 2025 | 12:00pm – 1:30pm PT
Location:
Room 604\, Asian Centre\, 1871 West Mall\, Vancouver
Kelly McCormick is an Assistant Professor in the History Department at UBC whose resea rch focuses on the visual culture of modern Japan. She co-created the websi te\, Behind the Camera: Gender\, Power\, and Politics in the History of Jap anese Photography: http s://behindthecamerajapan.arts.ubc.ca/ and was a contributor to I’m so Happy You Are Here: Japanese Wome n Photographers from the 1950s to Now (2024).
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