Our Mission
Our mission is to help individuals and organizations worldwide use photovoice safely, ethically, and successfully, and create a global community for photovoice peer-to-peer support and continuing education.
What We Do
Our team facilitates online and in-person trainings and professional development; creates community for photovoice continuing education; consults with photovoice projects, organizations, and individuals worldwide; and implements photovoice projects.
“Photovoice: Aiming for Impact” aims to share, envision, and strengthen the impact of photovoice projects around the world. It builds on the inaugural 2022 conference, “Photovoice at 30: Past, Present, Future,” which engaged 180 photovoice and participatory photography practitioners, scholars, participants, and leaders in keynotes, oral and poster presentations, panels, networking activities, and workshops.
With photovoice, the “how” of the method – building relationships, sharing power, and respecting process – is as important as any community or policy end-result.* The guiding conference question is: How can we maintain a balance between photovoice processes and impact while aiming to motivate and maintain momentum for social change?
Thank you for a great 2024 Photovoice Conference!
Upcoming events
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Talking with Pictures: Photovoice (January 9)
This online professional development course provides content, resources, and practice to adapt photovoice to your research, teaching, program, and clinical needs. It meets for 5 online sessions, 2 hours each.
Photovoice Facilitation 101: The Basics (February 6)
This interactive, online professional development course prepares participants to facilitate photovoice project sessions. By the end of this course, participants will have a solid understanding of the role of a photovoice facilitator, and options to foster meaningful participation and communication at each project step.
News
& Blog
Silenced no More: Part I
Nagham received a grant from Ettijahat – Independent Culture to lead her first independent photovoice project, focusing on the cultural identity of young Bedouin women in Lebanon. This project has been deeply personal, shaped by her close collaboration with six young women who shared powerful stories about belonging, gender roles, identity and everyday resilience.
A Stamp of Approval for Democracy
A random “found object” causes Dr. Lorenz to reflect on the power of photovoice to develop shared understandings and promote Democracy. “…I was cleaning out my beads as I prepared to move to Virginia. A small stamp had been hanging around, hidden among the random beads that somehow linger on my art table after I finish a necklace.”
An Interview with Sanem Cerit, author of “A Pinch of Awareness”
While interning with Photovoice Worldwide, Sanem facilitated a photovoice project with a young cancer patient in Turkey. This collaboration inspired her to share his story. We recently sat down with Sanem to talk about her vision and hopes for the book.
Key Themes in Photovoice Research Workshop 2 (October 19)
In this series of innovative and practical online workshops, Dr. Nicole Brown introduces three key themes in photovoice research: data collection, data analysis, and reflexivity. The hands-on, interactive sessions provide concepts, tools, and practice with important aspects of photovoice and arts-based research.
Newsletter
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