Photovoiceclarkston.com Website Review

In the recent Photovoice project on community dynamics in Clarkston, members of the community took on the roles of photographers and researchers who docu*ented life and relationships in town, discussed impressions and experiences in a group setting, and developed action To learn more about Photovoice and the recent project, please take a moment to browse this website. Feel free to contact us should you have any questions or requests for the implementation of future projects. Photovoice is a process in which people use photo images to capture aspects of their environment and experiences and share them with others. Participants take pictures and discuss what they value and what concerns them in their communities. They jointly develop strategies for building on strengths and addressing weaknesses. The pictures can then be used, usually with captions composed by the photographers, to bring the realities of the photographers' lives home to the public and policy makers and to spur change. According to Caroline Wang, the originator of the Photovoice methodology, the five key concepts for Photovoice include: makers and other influential people to the table to serve as an audience Photovoice participants essentially function as participatory action researchers, docu*enting conditions and problems in ways that can be used for community as*essment and as a spur to policy makers and other officials to institute community change. The Photovoice technique has been used in many countries with people including youth in difficult circu*stances, people with disabilities experiences are unknown or seemingly ignored by the community and by those in power. A well-known example of the use of Photovoice can be seen in the film Born into Brothels, which won an Academy Award for best docu*entary in 2005. Photographer Zana Briski, in the course of docu*enting the lives of se* workers and their children in the red light district of Calcutta, decided to give several of the children cameras and ask them to docu*ent their world. Their sensitive and often striking photos,