The "6th Female Members Meeting" event, which was held within the scope of the8th March International Women's Day celebrations due to Covid-19, which continuesto influence the whole world, was held online this year as well.
The program prepared by Lâle Çaktı and Şadiye Yılmaz Bilir, started with theopening speech of Riccardo Busi, FIAP President and honorary member of Sille Sanat Sarayı. Riccardo Busi started his speech by celebrating March 8, International Women's Day, by the wives of male photographers and all women photographers in the World. He emphasized on his word Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's "Everything we seein the world is the art of women."
Vasja Doberlet, a member of the Photographic Association of Slovenia (FZS) andSille Sanat Sarayı, gave information about the photography contest organized withSille Sanat Sarayı for three years and only women members of the PhotographicAssociation of Slovenia and Sille Sanat Sarayı participated.
Güler Ertan, honorary member of Sille Sanat Sarayı, attended the meeting with a video congratulation message. After the speeches, the exhibition, consisting of photographs of women memberswith titles of SSS / R and above at Sille Sanat Sarayı, was opened. The exhibitioncan be watched for 6 months from the link below;
After the opening of the exhibition, Cristina Garzone, member of Sille Sanat Sarayı from Italy, shared the presentation with her photographs and told her photographystories.
In the last part of the program, the award ceremony of the photo contest with theparticipation of women members, which was held together with the PhotographicAssociation of Slovenia (FZS), took place. This award ceremony in simultaneouscompetition in Turkey for the SSS members, was held in Slovenia for FZS members. Riccardo Busi and Reha Bilir, who participated in the Slovenian program of the awardceremony held at the same time, gave speeches in this program. After the award ceremony, this year's program was completed.