Karen Knorr is busy in her London studio at home teaching online and supporting A MANIFESTO FOR INCREASED INVOLVEMENT OF WOMEN IN PHOTOGRAPHY which recently appeared in the FT Weekend Magazine.

She has also joined the online community of artists #artistsupportpledge who pledge to supporting one another in solidarity through the sale of limited edtion works for under £200 and will be participating in a charity auction organised by BlankWhiteSpace which will see proceeds going to Global Giving’s Coronavirus relief fund and Meals for the NHS. Details of the limited edition prints for #artistsupportpledge can be found on Karen Knorr’s Instagram account.

Fast Forward: a manifesto for increased involvement of women in photography

As an advocate for women in photography Karen Knorr Studio is proud to support the newly published manifesto written by Fast Forward for the increased involvement of women in photography and encourages you to sign and share it too. 

Fast Forward is calling for:

1. A step change for all arts organisations and institutions to commit to exhibiting, commissioning, publishing and collecting at least 50% women’s work.
2. Inclusivity leading to all arts events and activities to address a minimum of 50% of women’s interests and stories.
3. The education system to recognise and value women artists and photographers, and the role they play in society, in their curricula at every level of the system and to provide equal opportunities for female artists and photographers to take part and enrich their curricula.

In Conversation: Karen Knorr, Anna Fox and Sabina Jaskot-Gill
Thursday 26 March, 7pm
Frobisher Auditorium 2, Barbican Centre, London.

On 26 March, join photographers Karen Knorr and Anna Fox in conversation, as they discuss the aesthetics and socio-political issues explored in their photography.

Photographers Anna Fox and Karen Knorr sit in conversation with Sabina Jaskot-Gill, Curator of Photographs at the National Portrait Gallery. The discussion will explore the aesthetic questions and socio-political issues broached by two important series of work presented in our current exhibition Masculinities: Knorr’s Gentlemen (1981–83) and Fox’s My Mother’s Cupboards and My Father’s Words (2000).

Karen Knorr Artist Talk: Transcultural Migrations for London Independant Photography

Thursday 27 February
London Metropolitan University (Map)
6:30 for 7pm prompt

LIPs Talk events are being held in partnership with the Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design at London Metropolitan University. They are informal and social, and open to LIP members and non-members alike, so bring your friends and be inspired by new perspectives – whether you’re a photographer or not.
Transcultural Migrations

Exclusive Edition for The Photographers’ Gallery 

The Photographers’ Gallery is pleased to offer a special new Exclusive Edition by Karen Knorr

Colour Pigment Print on Hanhnemühle Fine Art Pearl Paper
Edition of 25
12 x 16”
From £1,000 + vat, unframed

Framing available from £150 + vat

In her series India Song, Karen Knorr celebrates the rich visual culture, the foundation myths and stories of northern India, focusing on Rajasthan and using sacred and secular sites to consider caste, femininity and its relationship to the animal world.

Talk – Women in Photography: On Approach, Practice and Collaborations

Photographers Karen Knorr & Anna Fox
14 February, 2020
Organised by MAP Museum of Art & Photography, Bangalore
Cinnamon, 24, Gangadhar Chetty Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560042

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
High Tea at 6:00 pm
Please be seated by 6:25 pm

Anna Fox and Karen Knorr, two of Britain’s leading documentary photographers, have constantly pushed the envelope when it comes to what photography can accomplish and what constitutes the documentary style. Playing with notions of authenticity and the truth, they skillfully use humour and satire to comment on the social structures that underpin our relationships with each other, our histories and the world around us. In this conversation, they come together to discuss their approaches to the medium, their individual work and their collaborative projects, with a special focus on their experiences in India and its influence upon their practice.