Shining a light on the realities of hunger in Colorado.
Hunger Through My Lens is an advocacy project that provides real-life experts—Coloradans who have experienced hunger firsthand— with a platform to share their stories. The project includes photography from throughout the state, including Denver, the San Luis Valley, the Roaring Fork Valley, and Prowers County. The photo exhibit tours the state to spark dialogue about hunger, and includes a new virtual reality experience.
Share a Story
Each situation is unique, but no one is in this alone. By sharing your experience and story of struggle or triumph, you can encourage others and elevate the issue of hunger in the community dialogue.
The Story Behind Hunger Through My Lens
In 2013, Hunger Free Colorado introduced Hunger Through My Lens to provide real-life experts—Coloradans who have experienced hunger firsthand—with a platform to share their stories about the realities of hunger throughout Colorado. Hunger Through My Lens was based on the photovoice model, a form of participatory action research developed by Caroline Wang and Mary Anne Burris. It’s three main goals are to:
- enable people to record and reflect their community’s strengths and concerns
- promote discussion about important issues through group discussions of photographs
- reach and influence policy makers
Due to its impact and success, Hunger Through My Lens expanded from Metro Denver to share perspectives from different regions of the state, including the San Luis Valley, the Roaring Fork Valley and the Arkansas River Valley.
In 2018, Hunger Through My Lens evolved to become a broader storytelling and advocacy platform to support more Coloradans in sharing their stories and experiences with decision makers. In addition to photography, Coloradans are now be able to share their story through written, video or audio recordings, as well as personal artwork.
For more information on Hunger Through My Lens, contact Ellie Agar.