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Visual Sovereignty in the Post-Photographic Era
— Edited by Amara Mensah
Published · 02 July 2026 · 248 pp.
“In an era of AI-generated images, who has the right to define what a 'real' woman looks like? This issue's six authors — working across photography history, philosophy, law, and contemporary art — offer sharply different answers.”— Editor's note · Amara Mensah
This issue focuses on visual sovereignty: when women's bodies become AI training data, when traditional crafts are algorithmically replicated, when photographic ethics are reshaped by real-time filters — who defines the power of seeing?
Four themed series each year. Each one is built from 6-12 long reads. Subscribers get full access.
When women form cooperatives, they reinvent capitalism. The internal economies of eight cooperatives, from Bangladesh to Guatemala.
Read series →In the era of AI-generated images, who has the right to define what a "real" woman looks like? Six authors working from photography history, philosophy, and law.
Read series →When archives are burned, washed away, or erased by political forces — how ten women archivists rebuild memory.
Read series →Female climate leaders from Pacific Island nations share the truths they witness on the frontline. Six oral histories.
Read series →248 pages of academic-grade content · 4 issues/year · English with Chinese companion edition · edited by independent curators
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