OUR PROGRAMS

The participatory photography process is the underpinning for all of AjA¹s programs. Participatory photography is a creative modality that asks participants to analyze their personal and social landscapes. Participants create images that represent self and community and use those images as a platform to examine their behaviors, choices and sense of identity. This process of self-exploration is designed to validate and empower the participants’ experience, and provide an avenue for self-guided growth. Participatory photography shifts the power dynamic and allows a completely participant led process and outcome, thereby igniting change from within.