What is Participatory Photography?
Brad Sigal talks with Seeing for Ourselves Executive Director Jonathan Fisher

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In this episode of Get the Picture Podcast, host Brad Sigal talks with Jonathan Fisher, Executive Director of the organization Seeing for Ourselves. Seeing for Ourselves does participatory photography, helping communities document their own lives and take greater control of how their stories are represented. Seeing for Ourselves has applied this approach in areas like public housing, criminal justice, climate change, and immigration. In a world where issues like that are talked about by politicians and pundits but we rarely hear the voices or see the perspectives of the people most impacted, this idea of participatory photography is crucially important. 

Jonathan Fisher on LinkedIn  https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanmfisher/

Seeing for Ourselves https://www.seeingforourselves.org/ 

Photo Books published by Seeing for Ourselves: 

Project Lives: New York Public Housing Residents Photograph Their World https://a.co/d/07dorZWK 

In A Whole New Way: Undoing Mass Incarceration by a Path Untraveled https://a.co/d/0c7bNyUX 

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In a Whole New Way (documentary film about their criminal justice work) https://www.inawholenewway.com/ 

Reach out at [email protected] to support or screen their documentary film.

Some things mentioned in the episode: 

PhotoVoice https://photovoice.org/ 

Phillip Jones Griffiths Foundation https://philipjonesgriffiths.org/ 

Generational Noor - immigrant rights organization in Maine https://www.generationalnoor.com/ 

Everyday Climate Champions https://www.everydayclimatechampions.org/ 

It’s Our Future https://sevengenerationsahead.org/program/its-our-future/ 

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Music: Fresh Flow Fiesta by Oleksii Holubiev https://pixabay.com/music/beats-fresh-flow-fiesta-160920/