“Women’s day”

Celebrating the Real Women of the SFFD with @christiehemmklok

Christie is part of Women Photograph (@womenphotograph), a global catalog of independent women photojournalists on a mission to elevate female voices. We’re celebrating her story for #InternationalWomensDay.

Her toddler’s obsession with firefighters lit a under photographer Christie Hemm Klok (@christiehemmklok). “He had 10 books all about firefighters. I think maybe one of them had a very short-haired woman. That was the extent of it,” says Christie.

While in art school, she had the idea to document female firefighters, but her local station in Southern California didn’t have any women. This time, she reached out to United Fire Service Women, a nonprofit that advocates for women in the San Francisco Fire Department. “The timing was right,” says Christie — their response was immediate. The organization was looking for a photographer to help celebrate the 30-year anniversary of women in the department.

“When women are in male-dominated careers, especially careers like firefighting or something that’s really labor intensive, I don’t think they always get viewed as regular people,” says Christie. “The greatest part about the project is that I got to meet every single kind of person, from every walk of life. And that’s the thing, you don’t have to be supernatural to be a female firefighter. You just have to be a regular woman.”

Happy international women’s day!
Here are some amazing books with strong female leads written by female authors to celebrate.

If not now, when? Happy International Women’s Day! ❤️ Girls can do anything and so much more. ✨
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If not now, when? Happy International Women’s Day! ❤️ Girls can do anything and so much more. ✨
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#internationalwomensday #girlscandoanything #iwd2018 #illustration #illustrator #embroidery #handembroidery #illustratorsoninstagram #womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #feminism #womenpower #girlpower #세계여성의날 #withyou #刺繍 #手刺繍

@xolucyvictoria is stunning in #maisonclose Jardin Imperial for ‘Beauty in a Being’ campaign that we participated in for #internationalwomensday ~ celebrating diverse female beauty✨
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Shop the collection at www.beautifullyundressed.com (link in bio)
PHOTOGRAPHY: SAM PRITCHARD LINGERIE: @bundressed
MAKE-UP: SPACE NK - EMMA STOREY, ARIF KHAN, EMILY FLORENCE HAIR: LEILA HUTSON
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Dear #Womenhood let us tap into our Queen ancestors given right to stand tall and lift each other up. Let us use our nature to love to go forward in our truth and empower our girls to believe that we are more than worthy, we are a beautiful force for good & change.
So let us celebrate not only on this single wonderful day but on every beautiful day our greatness, straighten our crowns, embrace our #femininedivine & let us walk into our #Queendom.
Sisters embody your super powers, because the FORCE IS FEMALE.
To all the amazing WOMEN & supportive MEN who helped me believe that anything is possible THANKYOU ♥️✨
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Artwork @x718_
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#sneakpeek 08/03/2018 @misstalulaheve stunning in #lovedaylondon #Huntera ❤️
www.beautifullyundressed.com
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#beautifullyundressed #bundressed #luxurylingerie #leatherandlace #iwd2018 #campaign #picoftheday (at Studio 59)