Step Into Someone Else’s World
Through Our Eyes Project gives people from all walks of life the opportunity to share their perspectives through photography. Everyone has a story. Everyone can be creative. We give them the platform.
Help Capture a Story
Our Mission
Giving Cameras, Sharing Hope
Through Our Eyes gives cameras to people in diverse communities, enabling them to capture moments that matter. The project inspires hope, spreads joy, and builds awareness, while connecting communities through shared experiences.
Our Purpose
Hope, Joy, and Awareness
The Through Our Eyes Project has a three-fold purpose guiding everything we do:
Provide hope for those who are hurting
Everyone deserves to be loved, including the photographers who volunteer to participate in the project.
Provide awareness and support
Communities gather to view the incredible images our photographers capture, learn from others’ perspectives, build relationships and in many of our projects, hear stories from vulnerable people.
Provide joy in creating art
Photographers experience the satisfaction that comes from contributing to something bigger than themselves.
Global Reach
Stories From Communities Everywhere
Through Our Eyes has touched communities across the country and beyond. Photographers include people experiencing homelessness, students, children living in slums and neighbors who have never met. We have had 18 projects on 3 continents.
Highlighted Locations
Moments Captured
Life Through Their Lenses
Curated photographs show resilience, creativity, and everyday joy. Images tell stories from the photographers’ perspectives, offering a glimpse into lives we might otherwise overlook.
Through Our Eyes Book: Share the Stories
Communities through the eyes of the homeless. Order a copy of this coffee table book with highlights from our first projects and help us reach more communities with a story to tell.
How You Make a Difference
Transform Lives Through Your Gift
Your support provides cameras, care packages, exhibition printing, and prizes that directly benefit our photographers. Every contribution amplifies voices, preserves personal stories, and fosters community connection through art.
“This is my home. I’ve been there about two years. I built it from community scrap. I worked hard for the things there and put my heart into it.”
— Dale Hoskins, Through Our Eyes Photographer
What Your Donation Supports:
$20
purchases one disposable camera and covers processing
$150
buys care packages for 10 photographers
$500
funds prizes for top exhibition photos in our homeless photography projects
$1000
covers printing of the top 20 photographs for exhibitions
We’d Like to Hear
From You
We’d love to connect with you. You can support the project by donating, volunteering, or starting a Through Our Eyes project in your city. Every photographer’s participation is an opportunity to be heard and encouraged, and your involvement helps provide care packages, exhibitions, and project essentials.