Verónica Sanchis Bencomo (founder) poses with Foto Féminas' mobile library while displaying a selection of books from the collection. Photos by Ana Leticia Espinal. Courtesy of the artist.

Foto Féminas Mobile Library (aka La Biblio Móvil) consists of a customized wooden structure that Verónica Sanchis Bencomo, the founder, wears while displaying photo books. This performance aims to introduce Foto Féminas’ collection, engage in dialogues with the audience, connect artists, and promote their publications. The collection began with donations from artists, and through these performances, Foto Féminas continues its mission to celebrate and archive the work of women and non-binary Latin American photographers. To date, the library has been displayed at several photo book fairs in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, and New York.

This event is part of the 2024 WOPHA Congress “How Photography Teaches Us to Live Now.” This four-day creative convening is co-presented by Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA) and Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM). The Congress will take place at PAMM and various other locations across South Florida from October 23-26, 2024.

About the Artist

Verónica Sanchis Bencomo is a Spanish-Venezuelan photographer and photo editor. She lived in the U.K. for nearly a decade, where she obtained her BA in Photojournalism in 2010. In 2015, Verónica founded Foto Féminas – an online platform to promote the works of Latin American and Caribbean women and non-binary photographers. She has organized exhibitions in Argentina, China, Guatemala, Peru, Chile, and Mexico. In 2016, she launched Foto Féminas’ mobile library, showcasing photobooks at art institutions and festivals in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, and New York. After nearly six years in Hong Kong, Verónica is now based in New York City.

About the WOPHA Congress

The WOPHA Congress is a creative convening and exhibition series held at the Pérez Art Museum Miami and virtually, with parallel activations taking place across South Florida. It aims to establish a critical space for photography by bringing together worldwide organizations of women photographers, art historians, theorists, and curators with a goal to enrich and more accurately represent the dynamic history of women photographers from the nineteenth century to the present day. This event showcases both seminal and emerging research and discourse in the field, encompassing national and international discussions on women and feminisms in the history of photography. Additionally, it serves as a platform to celebrate women and foster an unparalleled network for the international community of women in the photographic arts.

About WOPHA

Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded to research, promote, support, and educate on the contributions of women and non-binary photographers to modern and contemporary art in order to rewrite the artistic canon and provoke social change. WOPHA fosters a more diverse and equitable world by providing a permanent archive for future generations that preserves, documents, and promotes women photographers’ work while being a driving force for innovative thinking and discussion about the role of women in photographic arts.

About the Library

The Miami-Dade County Library District (Library District) includes most of Miami-Dade County with the exception of the municipalities of Bal Harbour and Surfside that do not participate in the Library District and do not operate a municipal library, as well as the municipalities of Hialeah, Homestead, Miami Shores, North Miami, and North Miami Beach, who also do not participate in the Library District but do operate municipal libraries. Miami-Dade Public Library System maintains reciprocal borrowing relationships with each of the municipalities that operate municipal libraries.

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