Welcome to WIFIE
Copyright Belinda Burch
Wifie is an independent photography group for women living in and around Edinburgh. Members of Wifie meet to participate in workshops and visit exhibitions. During these informal meetings the group are able to discuss ideas or explore the issues raised by the work of other artists as well as being able to share knowledge, ideas and experiences within the group.
Wifie provides women with an opportunity to;
Wifie provides women with an opportunity to;
- Learn new skills in photography or extend existing skills
- Participate in exhibitions
- To use photography to explore issues relating to gender, power and social politics
- To look at issues which perpetuate exclusion
- To network with other women's projects across Scotland
New opportunities and recent events...
UPDATE: During this period of social isolating due to the COVID-19 outbreak Wifie will not be meeting up for any workshops or to visit exhibitions. We do plan to continue being creative and building our photography skills and will be putting our images on the website.
International Women's Day 2020. With these strange times we were unable to have an exhibition or co-ordinate something in particular for International Women's day. Instead we asked Wifie members to take a photo on International Women's day and share this with each other on the WhatsApp group. Here are the results.
Exhibition Visit to Stills. Women Photographers from The AmberSide Collection.
This was an excellent exhibition displaying the work of 'Women Photographers from the AmberSide Collection. There was an amazing range of images on the theme of 'Social Documentary' from Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen's 'Byker Revisited', portraits of Asylum seekers to the amazing images by Martine Franck, a member of Magnum and wife of Henri Cartier-Bresson.
Wifie members are now invited to take on board the ideas from this exhibition and create their own 'Social Documentary' work for the Wifie website. This is open to all members even if you didn't make it along on the day.
This was an excellent exhibition displaying the work of 'Women Photographers from the AmberSide Collection. There was an amazing range of images on the theme of 'Social Documentary' from Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen's 'Byker Revisited', portraits of Asylum seekers to the amazing images by Martine Franck, a member of Magnum and wife of Henri Cartier-Bresson.
Wifie members are now invited to take on board the ideas from this exhibition and create their own 'Social Documentary' work for the Wifie website. This is open to all members even if you didn't make it along on the day.
Wifie Workshop. Febraury 2020
Wifie members were invited to come along to this session to explore how the exposure triangle works. We had a few sets arranged so that we could make the session a practical one and really get to grips with the camera settings. To see notes from this click here.
Wifie members were then invited to send in their own 'Still Life' images using exposure compensation and light to create the images that they were looking for.If you haven't sent in your images yet, please do so. In the meantime here are a few to inspire.
Wifie members were invited to come along to this session to explore how the exposure triangle works. We had a few sets arranged so that we could make the session a practical one and really get to grips with the camera settings. To see notes from this click here.
Wifie members were then invited to send in their own 'Still Life' images using exposure compensation and light to create the images that they were looking for.If you haven't sent in your images yet, please do so. In the meantime here are a few to inspire.
In The Spotlight
At WIFIE we believe that photography is for everyone., no matter your taste, age, ability or experience. We don't all have to like the same things and we all experience photographs differently. In this section we showcase individual members to dig into what they love about photography and allow them to share some of their favourite photographs.
While we wait for our next 'In the Spotlight' here is a taster of those who have gone before.
At WIFIE we believe that photography is for everyone., no matter your taste, age, ability or experience. We don't all have to like the same things and we all experience photographs differently. In this section we showcase individual members to dig into what they love about photography and allow them to share some of their favourite photographs.
While we wait for our next 'In the Spotlight' here is a taster of those who have gone before.
Wifie Workshop.
Here's a wee film made by Caroline of a recent workshop for Wifie members. Enjoy!
Here's a wee film made by Caroline of a recent workshop for Wifie members. Enjoy!
Why not... check out some of the other pages in our website. You can find what other members have done for 'In the Spotlight' or take a look at the work in our 'Members Gallery'. Members Gallery
Darkroom facilities
The darkroom that we were setting up at the Arts Complex is no longer available. We will be continuing to try and source darkroom facilities for the future to run workshops and offer traditional printing opportunities. Please get in touch with Wifie if you know of any community darkrooms that we could access. Thank you.
