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What is Photovoice?
Photovoice is a participatory action research strategy (PAR) that provides individuals with the opportunity to identify, reflect, and convey their everyday lives and challenges through photographs that are culturally and contextually relevant. Photovoice uses photography and participant stories as a means to access the all too silent themes associated with the lives of individuals and families from under-represented, stigmatized groups. Photovoice is NOT a photography project, art therapy, or photojournalism. Photovoice IS…a multi-step process that combines equal parts photography, research, group process, storytelling, social action, and development of awareness of personal and community issues.
What is The Wyoming SAGE Photovoice Project?
Through visual images and small group formats children and youth with mental health needs and their families are  given the opportunity to express their strengths and concerns that are often under-represented or otherwise ignored by society. Photovoice assumes that the youth and families behind the lens have the richest knowledge of their experiences and are the best persons to convey this very personalized account of their lives. It is a method that enables people to define for themselves and others, including policy makers, what is worth remembering and what needs to be changed. Photovoice invites participants to share THEIR meaning of THEIR lives and THEIR culture from THEIR perspective using THEIR language. Therefore, The Wyoming Photovoice Project is:
1. Family-Driven
2. Youth-Guided
3. Community-Based
4. Culturally & Linguistically Competent
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