Change the Picture
Photography at U-Turn’s Women’s Centre
Change the Picture was a self advocacy project for sex workers and vulnerable women in East London built on a strong partnership between PhotoVoice and U Turn, an innovative new women’s centre in Bethnal Green.
Weekly photography workshops allowed this vulnerable and stigmatised group a secure and safe space through which they were able to express themselves and find time to reflect upon their lives.
With the womens’ consent their photographic
work and creative writing was used to raise
awareness of a ‘hidden’ issue through a targeted
postcard campaign and exhibition held at the Baltic
An independent research conducted alongside the workshops assessed the impact and potential of photography as a therapeutic tool. A CD-Rom of the research findings and information about the
methodology is being developed and will be available to practitioners and organisation working with vulnerable groups.
If you are interested in receiving the CD-Rom or for further information please contact us
Images of the Exhibition Opening
Click here for more information on the Project and its Background
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