News & Blog
Media Matters: Leveraging Online News, Broadcasting, and Videography to Circulate Photovoice Projects to Broader Audiences
Exploiting a variety of media platforms allows photovoice messaging to reach a broader audience.
Healthful eating in the postpartum period: A study on nutritional challenges facing Black mothers
By exploring the intersection of culture, environmental influences, and individual behaviors, a photovoice project aims to inform the development of practical and culturally relevant interventions tailored to the needs of African American mothers.
Walking in Paulo Freire’s Shadow: A photographer connects theory to practice after attending PVWW Intensive School
A photographer living in Northeast Brazil takes the Photovoice Worldwide Intensive School and, by learning about Paulo Freire’s roots, is given a whole new perspective on the city she calls home and the work she is doing to try and lift the oppressed.
Empowering Youth in Uncertain Times: Using photovoice to help youth navigate tough choices
In Canada, a team of 27 youth with lived experience use photovoice to reflect on their COVID-19 vaccine experiences, while fostering and building their skills as photographers.
Fostering Hope and Resilience through Photovoice
Social worker and PhD candidate Julissa Torres-Adames believes that, “With proper support, photovoice can…help clients work through past traumas and narrative therapy approaches.” PVWW interviewed Julissa about a project she co-facilitated with persons accessing services for mental health and substance use issues.
A Picture of [Perfect] Mental Health: Using Photovoice to Examine the Challenges and Opportunities for Success among First-Generation College Students
Being a first-generation college student comes with many unique challenges. Twelve first-gens at UNC Charlotte participated in a photovoice project in which they shared both their struggles and coping strategies as they sought to strike a school/life balance.
Respect, Beneficence, and Justice: Ethical Principles to Guide your Photovoice Research
The ethics of photovoice research are nested within universally recognized ethical principles that guide all research.
Raising Awareness of Parenting Stereotypes in the Middle East
Using cameras and captions, parents across the Middle East are being encouraged to explore gender bias and stereotyped roles among mothers and fathers within the family unit. One photovoice participant shared her experience with us.
5 Things to Think About Before Starting Your First Photovoice Project
At the outset, facilitating your first photovoice project may seem overwhelming, but it need not be. A little forethought and planning will go a long way toward getting you started. Here are five things you will definitely want to think about before undertaking your project.
When Everything is Photovoice: Moving the conversation forward
In a photovoice project, images are data. In daily life, images are data too. We are constantly producing data on social media. Through the videos, photos, and text people share, steps in the photovoice process are already underway.
Talking about Money, Together: An Abrazar-UCI Collaboration
Over a period of weeks, participants took photos to explore the concept of financial security: what it looks like, how it’s created, and how one feels when thinking about money. They shared stories of both struggle and resilience.
Picturing the Good Narrative: PV as a tool for understanding what makes for a good game
By using a community-based approach, photovoice can allow [physical education] teachers to capture the essence of game play and make informed decisions on the qualities of a ‘good game narrative’.
Taking an Anticolonial Approach to Photovoice: An interview with Dr. Jen Fricas
One way to acknowledge and address the interconnected legacies of colonialism and racism within photovoice health research is to adopt an anticolonial stance in framing our research and throughout its research phases.
Photography as Therapy during Covid
Health researcher Aimable Uwimana explores the powerful connections between the arts, nature, and mental health – in 12 stunning, captioned photos taken during the early days of the pandemic in his home country of Rwanda.
An Interview with Chelsea Dade, Creator of Communicate for Health Justice (CFHJ)
Chelsea Dade, a dynamic woman entrepreneur known for taking a creative and interdisciplinary approach to age-old problems, is employing innovative methods to wake up – and shake up – the world of health communication.
