Panel: Female Lenses – Women Photography Historians in Mexico
Presentation Type
Event
Start Date
8-3-2026 7:16 PM
Description
Panelists: ERA Colectivo (Elizabeth Chávez Serrano, Ariadna Martínez Olivera, Raúl Mújica Astorga)
This panel involves three Mexican emergent researchers who are interested in Mexican women on photography. As a collective, their work addresses the topic of Mexican female researchers specialized in the study of photography who address female representation and participation as creative producers of photography. Their panel will focus on: 1) The problem of the invisibility of women photographers in Mexican historiography; 2) the social role of the photographic representation of women in different eras; 3) some significant contributions of Mexican women to photography; and 4) the development of a line of research on this topic in Mexico.
ERA Colectivo is an emergent research group interested in the study and production of female photography. Individually their work specializes in various aspects of the photographic image in Mexico, including the history of pioneer women photographers, the relationship between cinema and photography, and diverse forms of constructing the photographic image. As a group, they propose a space to discuss and study the female role as object (theme), and as subject (creator) in the history of photography in Mexico, Latin America, and the world.
Relational Format
Conference proceeding
Recommended Citation
ERA Colectivo, "Panel: Female Lenses – Women Photography Historians in Mexico" (2026). Women of Photography: A 24-Hour Conference-a-thon Celebrating International Women’s Day. 48.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/womenofphotography/2026/schedule/48
Panel: Female Lenses – Women Photography Historians in Mexico
Panelists: ERA Colectivo (Elizabeth Chávez Serrano, Ariadna Martínez Olivera, Raúl Mújica Astorga)
This panel involves three Mexican emergent researchers who are interested in Mexican women on photography. As a collective, their work addresses the topic of Mexican female researchers specialized in the study of photography who address female representation and participation as creative producers of photography. Their panel will focus on: 1) The problem of the invisibility of women photographers in Mexican historiography; 2) the social role of the photographic representation of women in different eras; 3) some significant contributions of Mexican women to photography; and 4) the development of a line of research on this topic in Mexico.
ERA Colectivo is an emergent research group interested in the study and production of female photography. Individually their work specializes in various aspects of the photographic image in Mexico, including the history of pioneer women photographers, the relationship between cinema and photography, and diverse forms of constructing the photographic image. As a group, they propose a space to discuss and study the female role as object (theme), and as subject (creator) in the history of photography in Mexico, Latin America, and the world.