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If you are new to photovoice—and photovoice field notes—here are some recommended resources and readings to get you started. Let's first take a look at some of my older posts that create a strong foundation of understanding.
four note friday 1.2 | How to Get Started with Photovoice
Sometimes getting started with something is hard because we do not know where to begin. So, let me give you a hand and offer four places to start learning about photovoice. It is critical to engage with the work of others before diving in. The photovoice methodology is much more
Dr. Amanda O. Latz
four note friday 2.23 | The First Four Steps of a Photovoice Project
We’re going to take a few steps back this week to outline the first four steps of a photovoice project. I realize the word steps can feel a bit rigid. But these steps can be seen as guideposts and mere suggestions to help with total project conceptualization. Photovoice is
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four note friday 2.24 | The Second Four Steps of a Photovoice Project
Now that we outlined the first four steps of a photovoice project, it’s time to discuss the second four steps. These include narrating, theming, presenting, and confirming. Narrating is about generating voice to accompany the photographs. Theming is about establishing, naming, and defining patterns within the data. Presenting is
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four note friday 1.5 | Situating Photovoice in Approach and Theory
Where do we situate photovoice within the larger landscape of the many approaches to inquiry? What are the original theoretical underpinnings of photovoice, and do they still matter today? These very questions have been on my mind for nearly a year. And while they may seem simple to answer, each
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four note friday 1.6 | What are the aims of photovoice?
Following on from last week, here I outline the three aims of the photovoice methodology. Each of these themes can be traced back to the theoretical underpinnings of the approach. Can you match these aims to the theories written about in last week’s post? The week’s fourth note
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four note friday 1.20 | Is this a photovoice project?
I’ve often sat with folks and helped them discern whether their current or proposed research projects are actually photovoice projects. Just because a project includes photographs or photography does not make it a photovoice project. As I have written about before, many conflate photo elicitation and photovoice. Yet the
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Next, if you are looking for a book-length deep-dive into the photovoice methodology, check out my book, Photovoice Research in Education and Beyond (Routledge, 2017).
Photovoice Research in Education and Beyond: A Practical Guide from Theory to Exhibition
Photovoice is a form of participatory action research, which has been gaining use and momentum since its inception in the mid-1990s. Within the enactment of this methodology, research participants are invited to document aspects of their lives through photography and then provide written or oral accounts of the images they create. Designed to situate participants as experts on their lives and their experiences, photovoice is a powerful and visceral approach to policy change efforts. In this boo
And, finally, if you are looking for a more analog way to read (some of) these posts, take a look at my most recent publication linked below.
Photovoice Field Notes: Volume One
Comprised of five sections, this book is a curated collection of blog posts/email newsletter pieces, playfully titled four note friday, written weekly over the course of one year, from August 2025 through July 2026. It brings together a year’s worth of reflections, practical guidance, and insights on the photovoice methodology, reorganized into an accessible, cohesive, and reader-friendly format. While not every post from the series is included in this volume, the complete collection remains available online at www.photovoicefieldnotes.com.
If you are looking for specific and individualized guidance, resources, coaching, or workshops on photovoice, reach out to me at photovoicefieldnotes@gmail.com. You can learn more about the upcoming workshop here.