Who are the Women in The Quiet Rebellion?

A photographic art series dedicated to giving women who didn’t have a voice a way to be seen.

The series is a quiet reflection on how women were treated across history, the minor role they could play in society and how they had to follow conventions, keeping the freedom of being themselves inside, rebelling quietly.

The project aims to grow louder with every progressive era until we see women’s rights being celebrated at last!

This series starts with the Renaissance period, inspired by Renaissance and Baroque paintings from painters like Artemisia Gentileschi, with a strong focus on light and shadows and shimmering fabrics. But also the bewildering look of a woman who had to hide from who she really was.

Portrait of women in quiet rebellion

The series is moving on to the next period, the roaring 20s

For the Regency period, I have imagined them as Jane Austen heroines getting stronger in affirming their will but still under the rules of their mothers, fathers, and pressures of what society was expecting from them to marry and bring wealth to their family!

For the Victorian period, we can see an evolution in the way they think, looking more mature and educated. But also raising alouder voice against social expectations. I have imagined my heroines as school mistress and as Catherine Earnshaw from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë.

I’m currently working on new artwork that will be added to this series. Scroll down to sign up to be kept informed when new work is available. This series starts with the Renaissance period, inspired by Renaissance paintings, working through the subtlety of light and shadows, the Renaissance painters used to create drama and to enhance shimmering fabrics. The first artwork in the series is also related to the position of Women in society at the time, the little role they could play in society and how they had to follow conventions, keeping the freedom of being themselves inside, rebelling quietly