Puerpera BOOK LAUNCH

Join us for the UK launch of Puerpera, a powerful photobook by Montevideo-born visual artist, photographer and doula Deborah Elenter, published by the Centro de Fotograf a de Montevideo.

Since 2015, Elenter has been documenting the experiences of people giving birth - work that confronts the historical invisibility of childbirth in contemporary art, reclaiming it as a vital, political and collective experience. Under her lens, the birthing room becomes a political space, and the act of birth part of the collective struggle of feminism. Having launched at La F brica Bookstore in Madrid and at Ko ice University in Slovakia, we are honoured to host the UK edition at the Women's Art Library.

The evening will feature a conversation between Deborah Elenter and Helen Knowles, Director and Curator of the Birth Rites Collection, chaired by Dr Althea Greenan, Curator of the Women's Art Library. The discussion will explore birth, photography, the body and the politics of making visible what has long been rendered invisible.

As part of this event, Deborah Elenter has generously donated an edition of Pu rpera alongside a framed photographic work to the Birth Rites Collection, and a further copy of the photobook to the Women's Art Library. In turn, the Birth Rites Collection will gift a selection of historical pamphlets, fliers and documentation of its work since 2009 to the Women's Art Library - a fitting exchange between two collections committed to preserving and making visible the experiences of women.

Books will be available for purchase and signing after the talk.

ALSO

Can't make Friday 27th? Deborah will also be at The Photobook Cafe on Monday 30 March, 6-7.30pm for a relaxed, informal book signing. Free - book separately via Eventbrite.