The Sisterhood exhibition aims to disrupt oppressive and Islamophobic mischaracterisations of women in the community A powerful artistic disruption : Speakers Corner Collective members (Photograph by Sofia Bouzidi)
Young women in Bradford are taking back control of their own narratives. In celebration of International Women’s Day, they have organised a public photography exhibition across city billboards, reclaiming public space by portraying their empowering sisterhood.
Amid heightened isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic, the group from Speakers Corner Collective, a creative and political space that mobilises girls and young women in Bradford, came together last summer for a photoshoot.
Sisterhood is a series of images created in collaboration with art director Neesha Champaneria and photographer Vivek Vadoliya, who said they wanted to “go beyond the cliches of what you might expect it means to be a South Asian female in Bradford, thinking about Bradford’s rich migra