Puérpera by Debroah Elenter © the artist

The Women’s Art Library, Goldsmiths Special Collections and Archives, Goldsmiths is hosting a book launch for Puérpera, a powerful photobook by Montevideo-born visual artist and photographer Deborah Elenter.

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 Fábrica Bookstore in Madrid and at Košice 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.

To find out more please go to the direct link.