At the beginning of my career, a more senior photographer told me to shoot stories on women and I didn't want to. But I spent two and a half years in India and chose to do stories about women because I was shocked by their treatment. My stories in the Middle East and on the border of Europe and Asia were a response to my time in India. They weren't driven by a feminist idea but when you're moved by women's issues in these countries you can't help becoming a feminist somehow.
When I first asked to take pictures of women at their homes, I was using my formal camera and I struggled to get the shots because I was still very m… - Olivia Arthur
When I first asked to take pictures of women at their homes, I was using my formal camera and I struggled to get the shots because I was still very m…
- Olivia Arthur
At the beginning of my career, a more senior photographer told me to shoot stories on women and I didn't want to. But I spent two and a half years in… - Olivia Arthur
At the beginning of my career, a more senior photographer told me to shoot stories on women and I didn't want to. But I spent two and a half years in…
Photography is about being patient. I'm quiet, I watch the situation. I let things happen and photograph them when they happen; that's my approach, a… - Olivia Arthur
Photography is about being patient. I'm quiet, I watch the situation. I let things happen and photograph them when they happen; that's my approach, a…
Photojournalism is photography with more story telling. A single image can be amazing and dramatic. I started out shooting individual images, but I f… - Olivia Arthur
Photojournalism is photography with more story telling. A single image can be amazing and dramatic. I started out shooting individual images, but I f…
You have to decide where the line is in such a complicated place like Saudi Arabia. I was so confused by the place - there's no simple story. It's a … - Olivia Arthur
You have to decide where the line is in such a complicated place like Saudi Arabia. I was so confused by the place - there's no simple story. It's a …
Saudi Arabia is so conservative. At first there were photographs of women I took that I couldn't publish - of women without their abayas. So I starte… - Olivia Arthur
Saudi Arabia is so conservative. At first there were photographs of women I took that I couldn't publish - of women without their abayas. So I starte…
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