Call for questions for Jovis Leigh Howieson, Bella Falk, Madeline St Clair, Lucie Averill, Amina Mohamed
How to send your Question(s) for Six From SheClicks
To submit your questions for the Six from SheClicks section of the SheClicks Women in Photography Podcast, please email angela via podcast@sheclicks.net. Angela will collate her favourite 10 (including the most popular questions) and ask the guest to answer 6 by picking numbers from 1 to 10.
Call for Questions for Jovis Leigh Howieson
Deadline: 18:00 GMT, Thursday, 17th April, 2025
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Originally from Singapore and now based in London, Jovis discovered photography in 2018 when she bought her first camera – a decision that changed her life. Since then, photography has taken her on unexpected adventures, sparked new friendships, and shaped how she sees the world.
A keen traveller, Jovis is drawn to places with character and people with stories to tell. For her, photography is all about connection, curiosity and capturing what makes us human.
She founded the Urban Photographers Club to build a community and support others on their creative journey. What began as a simple idea – bringing people together through a shared love of photography – has grown into something much bigger, but the core values remain: kindness, respect, and friendship.
Call for Questions for Bella Falk
Deadline: 18:00 GMT, Saturday, 19th April, 2025
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Bella Falk’s photography career began when, aged 10, she used bin bags to convert her parents’ laundry room into a darkroom. Alongside her passion for travel, this led her to a colourful life as a travel photographer, documentary director, writer, and creator of the acclaimed travel website Passport & Pixels. She’s won or been a finalist for more than 30 travel industry awards, including Best Photography at the Travel Media Awards 2020, and her work has appeared in National Geographic Traveller, BBC Travel and Lonely Planet, among others.
Call for Questions for Madeline (Mads) St Clair
Deadline: 09:00 GMT, Monday, 5th May, 2025
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Madeline (Mads) St Clair is a conservation photographer and filmmaker who’s passionate about telling powerful ocean stories. With a background as a tropical marine biologist, Mads combines her scientific knowledge with a sharp creative eye to document the challenges facing our seas – from coral reef degradation to climate change in the Arctic.
Her photography and film work has taken her all over the world, including to the UK, Indonesia, Mozambique and Greenland. She’s worked on projects for Sky TV and Channel 4 News, and in 2023 she was awarded Fujifilm’s GFX Regional Grant Challenge, which helped her capture the stories of women working in ocean conservation across the Indo-Pacific. Mads also works as a drone pilot and underwater camera operator, and she's led a number of low-impact wildlife expeditions with her company, Semangka Expeditions.
A fierce advocate for equity in science, Mads founded the non-profit Women in Ocean Science to support and elevate women working in marine research. She’s also an experienced public speaker and is keen to challenge the status quo, using social media to share stories and fund her independent research.
If you’ve got a question for Mads – whether it’s about photography, filmmaking, expeditions or making change happen – now’s your chance to ask!
Call for Questions for Lucie Averill
Deadline: 22:00 GMT, Friday, 9th May, 2025
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Lucie Averill is originally from London but has lived in the far west of Cornwall for over 30 years. Photography began as a way for her to unwind from a demanding career as a primary school teacher, drawing her outdoors to enjoy the stunning coastline near her home. She is especially inspired by the ever-changing light and shifting weather that can transform a familiar landscape, often seeking out solitude and wide open spaces. Her images of deserted beaches and expansive, cloud-reflected skies aim to capture moments of peace and stillness.
Lucie’s ‘Harbour’ series takes a more abstract approach, focusing on the shapes and colours of boats. These images play with the ambiguity of reflections and the transient nature of light dancing on the surface of the water.
In 2016, Lucie left teaching to focus fully on her photography. She is a member of Marazion Gallery, a cooperative run by the artists themselves, and Steelworks Gallery in Porthleven, where her work is on permanent display. Her photographs have received commendations in both the Landscape Photographer of the Year and Natural Landscape Photography Awards. Her work has also been widely published in books, magazines, and journals, and she has been featured on a number of photography podcasts.
Call for Questions for Amina Mohamed
Deadline: 22:00 GMT, Friday, 9th May, 2025
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Amina Mohamed is the Founder & Executive Director of Cameras For Girls. Her journey is one of resilience, passion, and an unwavering commitment to uplifting women through storytelling. Born in Uganda, her family was forced to flee as refugees when she was just three years old due to the exile imposed by then-president Idi Amin. This early experience instilled in her a deep understanding of displacement, identity, and the power of storytelling to preserve voices that might otherwise be silenced.
With a career spanning over 15 years in Canada's film and television industry, as a producer and production manager, Amina worked on numerous movies and documentaries, honing her ability to craft compelling narratives and lead creative teams. However, she recognised that many women, especially in male-dominated media industries, lacked access to the tools and training necessary to tell their own stories and build sustainable careers.
In 2018, she channelled her expertise into founding Cameras For Girls, a Canadian Charity dedicated to equipping young women in Africa with photography, storytelling, and business skills. Through a structured 4-phase curriculum, she has trained over 64 women in Uganda, 25 in Tanzania, and 10 in South Africa, 822 and growing through the Online Learning Hub, with over 80% of graduates securing full-time jobs in media, journalism, and communications—a significant achievement in an industry often inaccessible to women.
Amina is not just an educator; she is a mentor and advocate, ensuring that women are given cameras and the confidence, ethical storytelling skills, and professional support needed to thrive. She has been a featured speaker at global forums, including the Vital Voices Global Leadership Summit. She has been recognized in media across Canada and the U.S. for advancing gender equality in media.
Her experience as a refugee, combined with her industry expertise and commitment to women’s empowerment, uniquely positions her to lead Cameras For Girls. She understands firsthand the transformative power of opportunity—and is dedicated to ensuring that young women across Africa can access the skills, tools, and networks they need to break barriers, challenge gender biases, and rewrite their futures through the lens of a camera.
