"I was 16 when he spat on me- this boy who kept following me. That's when I decided to start loving myself. It was a choice I made consciously." she said. When I met Hannah for this shoot, I had t... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

"I was 16 when he spat on me- this boy who kept following me. That's when I decided to start loving myself. It was a choice I made consciously." she said. When I met Hannah for this shoot, I had t... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

"I was 16 when he spat on me- this boy who kept following me. That's when I decided to start loving myself. It was a choice I made consciously." she said. When I met Hannah for this shoot, I had t... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

Photographer Sujata Setia is the Gold winner of the AOP Open Award 2021-2022 with her powerful series of images 'Changing The Conversation' "I was 16 when he spat on me- this boy who kept followi... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

London, UK. 15th March 2022. Windows either side of the famous black door of Number 10 Downing Street, are filled with pictures of Sunflowers, the national flower of Ukraine. The drawings, designed... © Amanda Rose/shotbywomen

Angela Simms poses with her sewing machine in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, UK, May 18, 2020 Angela Simms, textile print designer, wife, daughter, mother "There is time here and there for me to d... © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

View of a snow filled road in the Swedish Arctic © Elisa Ferrari/shotbywomen

Drone image of filled in slate quarry in South Wales © Sara Porter/shotbywomen

A Victorian bridge archway, built in 1862 near Kirkby Stephen was filled in with 1, 644 tonnes of gravel and concrete, by the government agency, National Highways, last year costing £124, 000. R... © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

A Victorian bridge archway, built in 1862 near Kirkby Stephen was filled in with 1, 644 tonnes of gravel and concrete, by the government agency, National Highways, last year costing £124, 000. R... © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

A Victorian bridge archway, built in 1862 near Kirkby Stephen was filled in with 1, 644 tonnes of gravel and concrete, by the government agency, National Highways, last year costing £124, 000. R... © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

A Victorian bridge archway, built in 1862 near Kirkby Stephen was filled in with 1, 644 tonnes of gravel and concrete, by the government agency, National Highways, last year costing £124, 000. R... © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

A Victorian bridge archway, built in 1862 near Kirkby Stephen was filled in with 1, 644 tonnes of gravel and concrete, by the government agency, National Highways, last year costing £124, 000. Referre... © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

"I was 16 when he spat on me- this boy who kept following me. That's when I decided to start loving myself. It was a choice I made consciously." she said. When I met Hannah for this shoot, I had t... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

2010-2011 In Zaragoza, (Spain). In Spain, Holy Week is called 'Semana Santa', and it's celebrated with unrivaled pageantry and emotion. Every day of Holy Week comes with religious processions around t... © Romy Fernandez/shotbywomen

2010-2011 In Zaragoza, (Spain). In Spain, Holy Week is called 'Semana Santa', and it's celebrated with unrivaled pageantry and emotion. Every day of Holy Week comes with religious processions around t... © Romy Fernandez/shotbywomen

2010-2011 In Zaragoza, (Spain). In Spain, Holy Week is called 'Semana Santa', and it's celebrated with unrivaled pageantry and emotion. Every day of Holy Week comes with religious processions around t... © Romy Fernandez/shotbywomen

2010-2011 In Zaragoza, (Spain). In Spain, Holy Week is called 'Semana Santa', and it's celebrated with unrivaled pageantry and emotion. Every day of Holy Week comes with religious processions around t... © Romy Fernandez/shotbywomen

2010-2011 In Zaragoza, (Spain). In Spain, Holy Week is called 'Semana Santa', and it's celebrated with unrivaled pageantry and emotion. Every day of Holy Week comes with religious processions around t... © Romy Fernandez/shotbywomen

2010-2011 In Zaragoza, (Spain). In Spain, Holy Week is called 'Semana Santa', and it's celebrated with unrivaled pageantry and emotion. Every day of Holy Week comes with religious processions around t... © Romy Fernandez/shotbywomen

2010-2011 In Zaragoza, (Spain). In Spain, Holy Week is called 'Semana Santa', and it's celebrated with unrivaled pageantry and emotion. Every day of Holy Week comes with religious processions around t... © Romy Fernandez/shotbywomen

2010-2011 In Zaragoza, (Spain). In Spain, Holy Week is called 'Semana Santa', and it's celebrated with unrivaled pageantry and emotion. Every day of Holy Week comes with religious processions around t... © Romy Fernandez/shotbywomen

2010-2011 In Zaragoza, (Spain). In Spain, Holy Week is called 'Semana Santa', and it's celebrated with unrivaled pageantry and emotion. Every day of Holy Week comes with religious processions around t... © Romy Fernandez/shotbywomen

London, UK. 15th March 2022. Windows either side of the famous black door of Number 10 Downing Street, are filled with pictures of Sunflowers, the national flower of Ukraine. The drawings, designed... © Amanda Rose/shotbywomen

London, UK. 15th March 2022. Windows either side of the famous black door of Number 10 Downing Street, are filled with pictures of Sunflowers, the national flower of Ukraine. The drawings, designed... © Amanda Rose/shotbywomen

Warsaw Main Station in Poland is filled with refugees from Ukraine who flee from war in their home country on March 13, 2022. © Annabelle Chih/shotbywomen

Emeka holds his sourdough loaves in Watford Hertfordshire, UK, May 19, 2020 Emeka, entrepreneur, father, son, husband, sourdough bread maker, educator, self proclaimed "butler" --Before the lock... © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

Anju poses with her needlepoint project in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, UK, May 18, 2020 Anju, civil servant, singer, mother, daughter, wife "I'm loving the slowness of life in lockdown. Not hav... © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

Emeka holds his sourdough loaves in Watford Hertfordshire, UK, May 19, 2020 Emeka, entrepreneur, father, son, husband, sourdough bread maker, educator, self proclaimed "butler". Before the lockd... © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

Jacqui poses as a 1950's housewife in Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, UK, May 17, 2020 Jacqui, arts and health project manager, mother, daughter, wife and self proclaimed hausfrau. She left a full ti... © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

James holds up cookbook and DIY tools in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, UK, May 23, 2020 James, television production manager, husband, dad and D.I.Y. maven "My role changed in that I normally wor... © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

Jacqui poses as a 1950's housewife in Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, UK, May 17, 2020 Jacqui, arts and health project manager, mother, daughter, wife and self proclaimed hausfrau. She left a full ti... © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

Monika poses with her coffee cup, gardening tools and daughter in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, UK, May 19, 2020 Monika- accounts assistant and analyst, mother, daughter, wife "In the beginning o... © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

Angela poses with her sewing machine in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, UK, May 18, 2020 Angela, textile print designer, wife, daughter, mother "There is time here and there for me to design but th... © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

James with his daughters and their power washer in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, UK, May 23, 2020 James, television production manager, husband, dad and D.I.Y. maven "My role changed in that I no... © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

Lottie at Morrisons supermarket in Croxley, Hertfordshire, UK, May 19, 2020 Lottie, piano teacher, daughter, wife, mother, weekly shopper "I can identify with the 1950s housewife cliche in the sens... © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

Jacqui poses as a 1950's housewife in Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, UK, May 17, 2020 Jacqui, arts and health project manager, mother, daughter, wife and self proclaimed hausfrau. Jacqui left a full... © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

Monika holds a tray of biscuits in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, UK, May 19, 2020 Monika, accounts assistant and analyst, mother, daughter, and wife "In the beginning of the the lockdown a felt l... © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

Suzanne dresses up as 1950's housewife in Hertfordshire, UK, May 11, 2020 Suzanne, photographer, wife, daughter, mother, gardener, tea lady "Being freelance, It was only fair that I give up ownersh... © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

Ruth poses in her newly planted vegetable patch, with her cello, in Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, UK, May 23, 2020 Ruth, Musician and teacher, mother, wife, daughter, self proclaimed "wearer of many ha... © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

Jacqui poses as a 1950's housewife in Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, UK, May 17, 2020 Jacqui, arts and health project manager, mother, daughter, wife and self proclaimed hausfrau. She left a full ti... © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

Still life of a heart shaped dish filled with pink gems on a white background. © Tracy Smith/shotbywomen

Sadhus sit smoking Chillum, filled with marijuana while Hindu pilgrims look on and stare.The Kumbh Mela is the biggest spiritual gathering in the World and attracts up to 10 million Hindu pilgrims a d... © Vicki Couchman/shotbywomen

Francesca doing her weekly grocery shopping at a market near her home; Lucia is trying to fit the paper bags that Francesca has brought from home (on the right) filled with fruit and vegetable in her... © Laura Larmo/shotbywomen

Francesca having a glass jar filled at Iaria siblings' market stall near her home. Given that Francesca works normal office hours during the week, she says that she gets in "significant trouble" if sh... © Laura Larmo/shotbywomen

Francesca checking on her cereal selection at Negozio Leggero, a store chain specialized in selling loose products. The clients can bring any type of containers that then will be filled with loose pro... © Laura Larmo/shotbywomen

Life is filled with stench, filth and hard work. We all have our burdens and responsibilities, but at the end of the day, even in a world like this, at its essence, life is beautiful. © Rebeka Karda/shotbywomen