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As part of the PhotoVogue Festival’s tenth anniversary, Korean version of “Fashion” Launches “Women by Women” in Seoul in partnership with PhotoVogue.
Author: 황혜원(Hyewon Hwang)
third annual “Vogue” Korean leaders The event will be held from March 27th to 29th at Layer Studio 20 in Wonhyo-ro, Yongsan District, Seoul. The event, held annually in March, aims to support women’s voices, evolving from “Woman Now” in 2024, which emphasizes female solidarity, to “Women and Work” in 2025, documenting working women, to 2026’s themes: mechanism.
March issue Korean version of “Fashion” Using editorials and interviews as a stage, 17 women from Korean society were interviewed, including South Korea’s first fashion designer Nora Noh, film directors, actors, K-pop musicians and models. Each woman reflected on the choices and sacrifices she made to protect her name. Their stories appeared at the venue and Korean version of “Vogue” Print and digital editions. On the 28th and 29th, eight female leaders will share their experiences and thoughts at talk sessions. As part of this initiative, PhotoVoguewomen’s women Together with an exhibition of archival photography, the exhibition invites visitors to consider what agency means to women today.
This year’s event isn’t limited to South Korea. PhotoVogue Exhibition 2026 women’s womendeveloper Fashion A worldwide edition aimed at discovering and nurturing emerging photographers will debut in Seoul through Vogue Leaders.
In March last year, “PhotoVogue” launched a large-scale open solicitation with the theme “Women by Women” – the way women look at women. The initiative itself is a response to a global climate in which the process of moving away from the expectations of others, shaping one’s own narrative and defining one’s vision is once again suppressed. Crucially, the call asks women to depict themselves directly through photography and video, as they firmly believe that it is more important than ever to own space through a female lens. Alessia Glaviano, Global Head of PhotoVogue and PhotoVogue Festival Director, explains: “Expression is never neutral and who makes the image still matters,” making it clear that photography and video have long been arenas of power, not just aesthetic expression.
