photovoice

English

Etymology

From photo- +‎ voice.

Noun

photovoice (countable and uncountable, plural photovoices)

1. A group analysis method combining photography with grassroots social action. Participants are asked to represent their communities or express their points of view through taking, presenting and collaboratively interpreting photographs.
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     Without understanding the transformative process behind those images, photovoice submissions can be dismissed as being of poor quality and can fail to present a compelling argument in an increasingly crowded communications environment characterized by large marketing budgets, high-specification technology and vastly more professional outputs.