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Photo Voice is an award-winning charity and a leading organisation in the field of participatory photography. They work in the UK and internationally, with a wide range of people who are marginalised or discriminated against due to circumstances such as poverty, ethnicity, age, health, disability and HIV status. Through photography, they teach participants the skills to tell their own stories - empowering them to reflect on their own experiences and create imagery for advocacy and social change. Their vision is for a world in which no one is denied the opportunity to speak out and be listened to.
In pictures: Photo Voice online print saleShow all 10 1 /10In pictures: Photo Voice online print sale In pictures: Photo Voice online print sale YOUTH PHOTO REFLECT, SOUTH AFRICA (2006-2007) “The Real Dancers. Despite the fact that we are surrounded by so many bad things my friend and I are happy that we can still show our talent.” Enabling young people in South Afirca affected by AIDS to express their feelings in a creative and positive way, providing them with a voice and a powerful means of raising awareness and understanding of their experiences
In pictures: Photo Voice online print sale SHOOTING KABUL - AFGHANISTAN (2002) In late 2002, fourteen Afghan girls between the ages of 10 and 14 took to the streets of the capital city armed with automatic cameras. Their photographs convey their attitudes on peace, reconstruction, women, and working children’s rights
In pictures: Photo Voice online print sale NEW LONDONERS (2006-2008) “I would love to be able to paint pictures but I don’t have the skill. Finally I have found a way to paint with the camera. The girl is walking into the pool from the shallow end, you can’t see her legs clearly as she is moving with the water. The picture is blurred, it reminds me of the thick brush strokes I have seen in paintings.” Working with young refugees in London
In pictures: Photo Voice online print sale LOOKOUT-UK (2013) The Lookout project provided young people (under 25) with the opportunity, skills and support to feed their perspectives into the debate on gangs, knife crime, and urban living issues
In pictures: Photo Voice online print sale KHMEYE (2004) “Two boys, Dina and Piseth, playing volleyball in Kien Klang orphanage.” Photography by Khmer orphans living in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, aged between 14 and 20
In pictures: Photo Voice online print sale STREET VISION (2001) Title: Flying to Reach the Sun “I saw my friend playing in the rain. He was a street child like me. I was so excited to take this picture, to capture the expression of freedom.” Photography by street and working children, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
In pictures: Photo Voice online print sale STREET VISION (2001) Title: Mirror Photography by street and working children, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
In pictures: Photo Voice online print sale WORLD VISION – DIRECT VOICES, RUSSIA AND BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA (2009-2010) Photography by young people living with HIV in St Petersburg, Russia, and young Roma people in Bosnia Herzegovina
In pictures: Photo Voice online print sale SEE IT OUR WAY - ROMANIA (2010-2011) Title: I need you! Photography by young people living in communities that are source, transit and destination centres for human trafficking across the Middle East and Eastern Europe. Photographs revealed ground-level issues from the unique, inside perspective of young people particularly vulnerable to trafficking
In pictures: Photo Voice online print sale BURSARY SCHEME (2008-2009) Ivano Kanconde was a bursary recipient in 2008-2009 specialising in street photography. He describes his approach as ‘practising capturing moments in life with the aim of developing a professional portfolio
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