Photovoice
in the news

“Boone County
women document beauty, hardship with photos”
West Virginia Public Radio,
“Inside Appalachia” 5/9/09
(online 5/1/09)

“Harts women tell stories through photos”
Logan Banner 4/30/09

“Photovoice participants capture their Southern W.Va. communities in images”
The Charleston Gazette
4/12/09

The Lenore Area Photovoice Group is located in Mingo County, West Virginia. The members
of the Lenore Area Photovoice Group include (in alphabetical order):

Aimee Colegrove, Amy Copley, Anna Hartley, Donna Hatfield, Pat Tingler, and Violet Vance.

From September of 2008 to May of 2009, these six women created more than fifty photostories telling the story of their area. Their photostories fall within the five major themes listed below.

Click on a theme to view the photostories in that category.

Strengths and Assets of the Lenore Area

The Unique Character of Life in the Lenore Area

Beauty in the Lenore Area

Problems and Concerns in the Lenore Area

Ideas for Change in the Lenore Area

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NOTE: If you would like to view the photostories in a larger format (if you cannot read the text, for instance), please do the following:

1. Once you have a slideshow open, click anywhere on the slideshow picture other than the "play" button.

2. A new browser window will open up behind the slideshow with a the entire Picasa web album for that theme visible.

3. Once in the web album, you can click on individual photostories and zoom in to read the text, or you can play the slideshow again in full-screen mode.

“Photos voice the feelings nine women have for Lenore”
The Williamson Daily
News 4/4/09

“Photo exhibit tells stories of communities using art”
The Coal Valley News 4/1/09

CONTACT:

Southern West
Virginia Photovoice
Project

Shannon Elizabeth Bell Project Director

wv.photovoice@gmail.com
(304) 610-8318