The Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA) has opened its first physical space at Green Space Miami on the city's Upper East Side. Founded in 2018 by curator Aldeide Delgado and artist Francisco Masó, WOPHA is dedicated to researching and promoting the contributions of women and non-binary photographers to modern and contemporary art. The Green Family Foundation Trust, which owns Green Space Miami, is lending the space to WOPHA until December 2026. The inaugural exhibition, "tide lines of the frame" (through December 14), features works by 2025 artists-in-residence Kat Thompson and Nathyfa Michel, curated by Cecilia González Godino of the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia.
This move matters because WOPHA fills a critical void in the field of photography by establishing a permanent archive and exhibition space dedicated to women and non-binary photographers, whose contributions have historically been marginalized. By situating itself in Miami, the archive also works to broaden the city's overgeneralized image as merely a holiday destination, using photography to explore deeper cultural and political narratives. Future exhibitions include a US debut of works by Julia Chambí López, the first Peruvian woman photographer of Quechua descent, and a feminist intervention into the archive of pioneering local photographer Bunny Yeager.