As the founder and director of Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA), Aldeide Delgado originally sought to create a space where the stories of women-identifying Cuban photographers could feel represented and documented. From the organization’s roots in 2013, WOPHA has expanded to highlight women-identifying photographers across a range of backgrounds while maintaining its core mission to […]

WOPHA Co-Founder Francisco Masó received the 2020 Ellies Creator Award from Oolite Arts for Placing Political Art, a 15-day art-on-loan program that made political art accessible by placing works in the homes of more than 100 Miami residents. A pilot edition of the project was supported by the alternative art space Dimensions Variable.  WOPHA is […]

WOPHA With is a documentary series of conversations between women photography organizations and collectives moderated on Zoom by WOPHA founder & director Aldeide Delgado during the last Friday of each month. It is an initiative of the WOPHA Research Program —which provides access to primary-source material and critical documents related to women and photography for […]

Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA), in partnership with Miami Design District (MDD), present Photowalks, a series of free, bilingual, photography-based walking workshops. Led by guest women photographers who guide participants to photograph iconic historical and creative Miami neighborhoods, the new Photowalks program invites the public to bring and use their own cameras to explore the […]

At Home with WOPHA: What is the Women Photographers International Archive? Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) presents At Home with WOPHA a virtual interview of the organization’s Director and Art Historian Aldeide Delgado with Curator of Programming Amy Rosenblum-Martín. Through this compelling online event, learn more about WOPHA and its multifaceted mission to support women […]

WOPHA partnered with Faena Art to activate a WOPHA support program by offering a studio space to Miami-based photographer Amanda Bradley as part of Faena’s inaugural Artist in Residence initiative. While in residence, the artist will continue her ongoing exploration of photography as a means of expanding time and space, questioning memory, identity, and belonging […]

Following the lead of similar local, national, and international organizations, and CDC recommendations, we have made the decision to postpone the WOPHA Congress for one year. In collaboration with our lead supporter the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and partner Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), we are pleased to announce that the WOPHA […]

We are pleased to announce WOPHA has received an award of $20,000 from the Miami-Dade Nonprofit Support Grants program at The Miami Foundation. Dedicated to mitigate economic distress as a result of the COVID-19 public health emergency, these vital funds allow WOPHA to continue its operations and current projects.  Despite the difficult circumstances that we […]

WOPHA calls on the community for support on Give Miami Day 2020, hosted by The Miami Foundation as part of its mission to promote philanthropy throughout Greater Miami. Donations made to WOPHA through Give Miami Day will support the inaugural WOPHA Congress – a two-day symposium presented in partnership with Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) […]

Fast Forward. A Manifesto for Increased Involvement of Women in Photography. We are inspired by women in photography and we are passionate about asserting their place in our art history narratives. We define photography as any creative cultural activity that takes place both inside and outside of established arts organisations and institutions – that might […]

(Miami – February 10, 2020) Miami based organization, Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA) receives key support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as part of its Knight Arts Challenge, for the Women Photographers International Congress (WOPHA Congress). The two-day WOPHA Congress generates a critical space for photography by bringing together worldwide organizations […]

WOPHA Announces Artist Selection for the Biennale della Fotografia Femminile (Miami – January 23, 2020) Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA) announces the selection of artists to exhibit in The New Woman: Gender Discourse in the Development of Cuban Female Photography at the Biennale della Fotografia Femminile from March 5 – March 8, 2020, in Mantova, […]

Lecture: Women Photographers in the Republic: Female Division of the Cuban Photography Club (1935-1962) by Aldeide Delgado Date: Sunday, December 1, 2019 | 3:35 pm Location: Tate Modern The conference Fast Forward: How Do Women Work? at Tate Modern from November 30 to December 2, 2019 is organized in partnership with University for the Creative […]

Lecture: Women Photographers in the Republic: Female Division of the Cuban Photography Club (1935-1962) by Aldeide Delgado Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 | 6:30 pm Location: Coral Gables Museum. 285 Aragon Ave. Coral Gables, FL 33134 (Coral Gables Museum – June 26, 2019) This lecture offers an unprecedented approach to the woman’s role as a modernizing […]

Lecture: Women Photographers in the Republic: Female Division of the Cuban Photography Club (1935-1962) by Aldeide Delgado Date: Sunday, June 21, 2019 | 8:30 am to 6:30 pm Location: Cuban Cultural Center of New York / The New School The Cuban Cultural Center of New York celebrates its 17th annual one-day conference, this year focusing […]

Exhibition: Building a Feminist Archive: Cuban Women Photographers in the US curated by Aldeide Delgado On view: November 20th – December 21st, 2019 Opening: Friday, December 6th, 2019 | 6pm-10pm Location: Bailey Contemporary Arts. 41 NE 1st St. Pompano Beach, FL 33060 (Pompano Beach – October 7, 2019) Bailey Contemporary Arts (BaCA) presents Building a […]

2020 Art Exhibition at Biennale della Fotografia Femminile Women at Work: Cuba through the Female Lens Open Call Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA) in collaboration with Biennale Della Fotografia Femminile launch an open call to participate in the exhibition Women at Work: Cuba through the Female Lens that takes place in the city of Mantova […]