By Kaimi:

Last month, we started a series at Times and Seasons called A
Mormon Image. Readers have sent in images from their lives, and
it’s led to some very good discussions.

Mfranti suggested bringing the series to FMH as well, and I think
that’s’ a great idea. FMH has a strong community of active
participants, and the series offers a chance for members of the
community to highlight pictures that show their lived experience. So
we’d like to launch a sister series, A Mormon (Feminist!) Image. The
rules are as follows:

What is a Mormon (Feminist!) Image?

It should be a photograph or other image which relates to the lived
experience of Mormonism, feminism, or some combination of them, in
your own life. It can be an image explicitly tied to religious ritual,
such as a picture from before a baptism. It can be a family photo
outside the temple, or a picture of the temple at sunset. It can be a
picture from your mission. It can be a picture of nature — sunrise,
flowers, birds — but if so, these should have some expressed link to a
theme within Mormon life, broadly construed; feminist thought, broadly
construed; or a combination of the two.

Your image should have a title as well, and should have accompanying
caption. The text can be simple description — “daughter at YW camp.”
It can tie the image to a particular idea in Mormon or feminist
thought (i.e. “this sunset reminds me of the glory of creation”). It
can be a line from a hymn, or a scripture text. It should be related
in some way to the image, but again we’re willing to read that
requirement broadly.

We hope that this series will allow us to showcase images that
illustrate beauty, joy, sadness, and wonder in the life of the Mormon
feminist, from the variety of perspectives of our many readers. There
is no requirement that people submitting images be members of the
church, but the images and messages should be ones which invoke a
Mormon and/or feminist sensibility.

All images should be sent to fmhimages (at) gmail (dot) com . All
submissions should clearly set out the image title, caption, and of
course the image itself. Images should be of sufficiently small size
to be received by e-mail.

As we receive them, we (Mfranti, and other FMH permas) will select
images to post to the blog, on an intermittent basis. Posts will be
minimal and will convey only the basic information of the title (e.g.,
“A Mormon (Feminist!) Image: The Washington Temple at Sunrise.”); the
image itself, and the caption. We will also invite readers to comment.

Now, some nuts and bolts:

1. You may only submit images in which you own the appropriate
intellectual property. DO NOT submit someone else’s photo, please. If
we become aware that a submission violates this rule, we will remove
it.

2. If your image contains other people, you must affirmatively state
that you have received consent from those people (or their legal
guardians) to post the picture online.

3. We may edit captions or titles for brevity or clarity. In addition,
we may make size adjustments to images (compressing them to fit better
onto the web page). We will not make editorial changes (cropping out
that ugly flower on the left).

4. Images and captions should be appropriate for a this blog’s audience.

5. By submitting an image, you consent to its use on the blog. You
retain all copyright and intellectual property rights in the image; we
will not take your copyright.

6. In general, images will be posted with comments open. You may
participate in that discussion, of course, and any personal attacks in
comments will be removed. If you would like the image to be posted
with comments closed, please so indicate. We will try to honor such
requests.

7. Please use good sense with regards to privacy issues. If you are
not comfortable with family pictures on the web, then don’t send them
in.

8. Multiple submissions are welcome.

9. If you have a blog or website, you may include it in your
submission, and if appropriate we may link it. E.g., “Tom at TomBlog
(link) sends in this picture of a Norway Rat.” We will generally favor
links to blogs or family websites, rather than to professional
websites (”buy your own copy of this photo for only $39.99!”).

10. Requests for anonymous posting will be honored. However, your
e-mail submission must contain sufficient identifying information that
you can be contacted in case of any issues regarding copyright or
consent.

11. Pictures previously posted at photo sharing websites such as
Flickr or on personal blogs may be submitted.

Any questions or other feedback should be sent to fmhimages (at) gmail
(dot) com .

We look forward to participating in this project with all of you!