Amplifying Underrepresented Voices Through Photography
Photo by Jake Viramontez
JHP provides life-changing photography programs to youth and adults around New York City and State. We teach self-expression. We inspire creativity. We engage community.
Public Exhibitions
JHP partners with local galleries, libraries, community centers, and cafes to host exhibitions of our participants' photography. We also show work by our program participants outdoors in city streets and parks.
Photography Books
JHP creates photography books using the best work of each participant in a course. Each participant receives their own copy to keep after the program is completed, as do our partners.
Professional Photographers
JHP Teaching Artists are professional photographers and artists who understand the transformative power of photography, and wish to share that with their students. They are experts in their field, and lead participants in creating projects.
Hands-On Learning
Each participant receives a camera to use throughout the program, to learn skills and expand their vision. Teaching Artists lead field trips and photo walks, exposing participants to cultural institutions and encouraging them document their communities.
Everyone has a story.
Our Students
JHP is committed to reaching as many people as possible through photography. We reach populations that are considered outside the mainstream, vulnerable or at-risk, including but not limited to veterans with PTSD, isolated senior citizens, recent immigrants and English language learners, students with cognitive and physical disabilities, and young people considered at-risk. All of our program participants report profound changes in their confidence, sense of self, community engagement, and voice.
