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The Everyday Projects Re-picturing our understanding of the world. The Everyday Projects uses photography to challenge stereotypes that distort our understanding of the world.

We are creating new generations of storytellers and audiences that recognize the need for multiple perspectives in portraying the cultures that define us. We are a network of journalists, photographers, and artists who have built Everyday social media narratives that delight, surprise, and inform as they confront stubborn misperceptions. We believe in developing visual literacy skills that can cha

nge the way we see the world. We work to achieve this through a variety of media and events, including our Everyday Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter feeds, and our websites, exhibitions, workshops, lesson plans, books, and festivals. We connect classrooms and communities from disparate parts of the globe and foster mutual acceptance.

📸 by Luiz Braga e filha sob o sol.Mother and daughter in the sun.Vigia, Para, 1999
16/05/2026

📸 by Luiz Braga


e filha sob o sol.
Mother and daughter in the sun.
Vigia, Para, 1999

Starting this weekend at , come see Everyday Projects cofounder Peter DiCampo () and Everyday contributor Brian Otieno’s...
11/05/2026

Starting this weekend at , come see Everyday Projects cofounder Peter DiCampo () and Everyday contributor Brian Otieno’s () story, “The End of Aid”.

Trump officials eradicated the world’s largest humanitarian agency, slashing thousands of lifesaving programs and putting millions at risk. reporters and photographers showed that even as senior officials cut these programs, they had been warned that people would die.

This display will one of 85+ public exhibits going up throughout all five New York City boroughs this summer!

🗓️ Brooklyn Bridge Park
May 16-30th, 2026
Opening Weekend May 16th and 17th, 2026

Last month we celebrated International Women’s Day, a date picked to honor women in Russia who went on strike during Wor...
02/04/2026

Last month we celebrated International Women’s Day, a date picked to honor women in Russia who went on strike during World War I. The striking women demanded “bread and peace” and their four-day protest resulted in women gaining the right to vote.

The Everyday Projects collaborated with to highlight the achievements of women around the world. As writes: “Sometimes, the true achievements are the ones that we barely see. The photographers at The Everyday Projects, a global photography and storytelling network, have shared portraits of women who in ways large and small are determined, like those Russian women over 100 years ago, to improve the lives of women and to build a better world.”

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1. Jean, 72, a Chinese opera performer, poses for a portrait before performing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Annice Lyn/ /

2. In the Grand South of Madagascar, women known as “reny mahomby,” or mother leaders, perform a welcoming dance before starting a session to teach women in the community how to improve their lives. Aina Zo Raberanto/

3. Nkgono Selina Mosima, a resident of Thaba Nchu, Free State, South Africa, has hoped for years that she could afford to dig a pit toilet in her yard. Tshepiso Mabula/The Everyday Projects

4. These women from Voronezh, Russia, participated in the country’s short-lived but intense American-style football league. They’re hanging out in the locker room. Kristina Brazhnikova/

5. Hilaria Arzaba Medran of Mexico stands with tools she’ll use as she searches a clandestine burial site for the grave of her son, Oscar Contreras Arzaba, who disappeared in 2011 at age 19. James Rodríguez//

6. Janaina Xavier, a community leader, holds her son in a building in SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil, that was occupied by people without housing in 2024. Luca Meola//

Photo and caption by , “The most colorful thing in the world is black and white, it contains all colors and at the same...
18/03/2026

Photo and caption by ,

“The most colorful thing in the world is black and white, it contains all colors and at the same time excludes all.”
- Vikrmn

This week, we’ve highlighted the work of Everyday Projects contributors who are a part of our collaboration with .This i...
03/03/2026

This week, we’ve highlighted the work of Everyday Projects contributors who are a part of our collaboration with .

This is our seventh exhibit with World Press Photo Oldenburg, and it runs through March 15, 2026. This year’s theme explores the impact of climate change on animals, the environment, and communities.

The photos you see here are by Sean Gallagher (). He writes, “In January 2025, the beaches of the popular holiday destination of Bali were inundated with knee-high deep waves of plastic waste. The rainy season flushes Indonesia’s polluted rivers, depositing millions of tonnes of plastic waste into the oceans, which in turn washes up on the country’s beaches.  In recent years, the waves of pollution have intensified, but 2025 has been called the “worst year yet” by locals.

Tourists and locals walk along the polluted beaches, tiptoeing through the waste and around dead and lifeless bodies of marine life, including fish and sea turtles. According to the United Nations Environment Program, ‘with a population of 250 million, Indonesia is the fourth most populous country and second-largest plastic polluter in the world after China. The country produces 3.2 million tonnes of unmanaged plastic waste a year, of which about 1.29 million tonnes ends up in the sea.’”

Sean traveled to Bali to document the environmental crisis and met up with a local NGO, Sungai Watch. He says that “this innovative grass roots organisation uses social media to mobilise local people to take part in mass clean-ups when the plastic waves descend on the island’s beaches. They are also involved in permanent recycling activities, removing plastic from the country’s rivers and mangroves through the use of technologically advanced barriers. Bali is now one of the most popular tourist destinations in all of Asia with over 16 million people visiting in 2024. The small island struggles to cope with the plastic produced by the industry that supports its economy. As the numbers of visitors increase, so does the waste.”

Learn more about all the photographers and the exhibit through the link in our bio, and thank you for following along!

This week, we’re highlighting the work of Everyday Projects contributors who are a part of our collaboration with .This ...
02/03/2026

This week, we’re highlighting the work of Everyday Projects contributors who are a part of our collaboration with .

This is our seventh exhibit with World Press Photo Oldenburg, and it runs through March 15, 2026. This year’s theme explores the impact of climate change on animals, the environment, and communities.

The photos you see here are by Sam Vox (.vox). His story is about seaw**d farming in Zanzibar, which has long been a lifeline for women, offering both income and independence in communities where economic opportunities for women were once very
limited. He writes that though the practice began in the 1980s with men, it was women who ultimately carried it forward when men shifted to more profitable fishing. Working in the shallow coastal waters, women built the industry from the ground up, an industry that eventually generated millions for the local economy.

Sam explains, “For many, including the farmers in Paje, seaw**d became more than just a crop. It allowed women to support their families, invest in their homes, and gain a sense of dignity and agency within their communities. Generations of women learned the craft from their mothers and grandmothers, passing down not only skills but a path to self-reliance. But this hard-won progress is now at risk. In recent years, climate change has begun to threaten seaw**d production. Rising ocean temperatures in shallow waters have slowed growth and increased susceptibility to ice-ice disease, a condition that causes seaw**d to whiten, rot, and die. With decreasing yields, farmers face severe drops in income.

Even so, women farmers like those in the group Furahia Wanawake continue to innovate. They’ve expanded into entrepreneurship, creating seaw**d-based soaps, oils, snacks, and other products aimed at both local buyers and tourists. This diversification is helping them stay afloat as they navigate an uncertain future.

Their story reflects both resilience and vulnerability.”

Learn more about all the photographers and the exhibit through the link in our bio, and stay tuned for the other projects.

This week, we’re highlighting the work of Everyday Projects contributors who are a part of our collaboration with .This ...
01/03/2026

This week, we’re highlighting the work of Everyday Projects contributors who are a part of our collaboration with .

This is our seventh exhibit with World Press Photo Oldenburg, and it runs through March 15, 2026. This year’s theme explores the impact of climate change on animals, the environment, and communities.

The photos you see here are by Rory Doyle (). He writes: “In April of 2025, the Mississippi River was named the nation’s most endangered river as a result of federal plans to cut flood relief programs. Living just a few miles from the river in the rural Mississippi Delta, I’ve been photographing stories tied to the Mighty Mississippi for nearly 15 years. Historic floods have occurred multiple times in the past five years, and these cuts pose even more danger to our fragile region. Now, more than ever, I must continue documenting these stories.

The changing climate has been devastating to farmers, industries and communities based near the river. For nearly six months in 2019, the lower delta flooded due to monumental rainfall and a historically high river — roughly 500,000 acres remained under water, much of which is normally bountiful farmland. For many farmers, 2019 was the first year in history they couldn’t plant a crop. When it flooded again in 2020, many farmers were forced to wait for floodwaters to recede and an oversaturated landscape to dry up. If these floods become the norm, some areas will become the unthinkable — unfarmable and uninhabitable.

Moving forward, Modifying Along the Mississippi will visualize the modifications humans, industry and nature face along the river — which are in a constant state of fluctuation.”

Learn more about all the photographers and the exhibit through the link in our bio, and stay tuned for the other projects.

This week, we’re highlighting the work of Everyday Projects contributors who are a part of our collaboration with .This ...
28/02/2026

This week, we’re highlighting the work of Everyday Projects contributors who are a part of our collaboration with .

This is our seventh exhibit with World Press Photo Oldenburg, and it runs through March 15, 2026. This year’s theme explores the impact of climate change on animals, the environment, and communities.

The photos you see here are by Miora Rajaonary (). She writes: “In 2020, I found myself locked in with my son during the COVID-19 pandemic in Johannesburg, South Africa. During this time, a majority of the impoverished households in the country experienced food insecurity as a result from job loses. At the same time, in Southern Madagascar, my homeland, thousands of people were suffering from famine caused by an unprecedented drought.
 
I realized that the ability of these populations to produce and access food, at that time, was affected by climatic and sanitary hazards, which had been caused, in large part, by the destruction of biodiversity. As a mother, the idea that these episodes would be repeated, intensify and impact my son’s life in the future was distressing. That’s when I decided to look into the relationship between food security and sustainability. 
 
The Common Ground is a series of photographs I started to document how the most remote communities of my native island are trying new approaches to food production that are more thoughtful of nature.”

Miora spent two years traveling for this project. She says, “Through this work, I was able to find glimmers of hope, and witness resilience and creativity within the most vulnerable people. I hope this body of work will inspire my son and more people to believe that a change of paradigm is necessary and possible in the way we engage with nature.”

Learn more about all the photographers and the exhibit through the link in our bio, and stay tuned for the other projects.

This week, we’re highlighting the work of Everyday Projects contributors who are a part of our collaboration with .This ...
27/02/2026

This week, we’re highlighting the work of Everyday Projects contributors who are a part of our collaboration with .

This is our seventh exhibit with World Press Photo Oldenburg, and it runs through March 15, 2026. This year’s theme explores the impact of climate change on animals, the environment, and communities.

The photos you see here are by Maheder Haileselassie (). The photos, taken in 2017, highlight when thousands of people in northwest Ethiopia marched to Abay River and Lake Tana as part of the “Save Lake Tana” movement to remove invasive water hyacinth by hand. Lake Tana is the source of the Blue Nile and the largest lake in Ethiopia. The lake is frequently used for transport, tourism, hydroelectric power generation, ecological conservation and fishery operations. It is home to 28 fish species, out of which 16 are endemic.

In her words, “Years before, it had been discovered that 20,000ha of the water body and its tributaries were covered by water hyacinth (Scientific name Eichhornia Crassipes), a w**d that is a threat to both the lake and the biodiversity within it. The w**d attained a peak infestation of 40,000ha over the next five years. To combat the invasive plant, manual labor that would have had a value of more than 1.5 milion USD in cost has been invested in an effort to eradicate the w**d from the lake and its areas. Farmers and activists had been involved in many similar marches. However, due to the nature of the seed to study dormant as long as 30 years and amount to 4000-5000 per plant, it had been impossible to eradicate it once and overall.

But the w**d’s presence has decreased due to control efforts like the one photographed here and natural dynamics.”

Learn more about all the photographers and the exhibit through the link in our bio, and stay tuned for the other projects.

This week, we’re highlighting the work of Everyday Projects contributors who are a part of our collaboration with .This ...
26/02/2026

This week, we’re highlighting the work of Everyday Projects contributors who are a part of our collaboration with .

This is our seventh exhibit with World Press Photo Oldenburg, and it runs through March 15, 2026. This year’s theme explores the impact of climate change on animals, the environment, and communities.

The photos you see here are by Georgina Goodwin (). In her words, her project, “Tides of Protection,” examines communities along Kenya’s southern coast — around Wasini Island and Shimoni — who, along with Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) rangers, are working to protect one of the country’s most vital nearshore ecosystems. Their efforts — from seagrass restoration and sustainable fishing practices to weekly beach clean-ups and species monitoring — strengthen long-term coastal resilience in the face of environmental pressures. Supported by Conservation International’s Blue Nature Alliance, these community-led actions reinforce the health of coral habitats, reef nurseries, and vulnerable species within the Kisite–Mpunguti Marine Reserve.

Tides of Protection highlights the quiet, persistent gestures through which people and ocean care for one another, shaping a future where both can thrive.

Learn more about all the photographers and the exhibit through the link in our bio, and stay tuned for the other projects.

For the next seven days, we’re highlighting the work of Everyday Projects contributors who are a part of our collaborati...
25/02/2026

For the next seven days, we’re highlighting the work of Everyday Projects contributors who are a part of our collaboration with .

This is our sixth exhibit with World Press Photo Oldenburg, and it runs through March 15, 2026. This year’s theme explores the impact of climate change on animals, the environment, and communities.

The photos you see here are by Anderson Coelho (). He writes that “the series, ‘Edna dos Anjos - Açaí Collector’ follows the trajectory of Edna dos Anjos Nascimento Siqueira, known as “Bezinha,” and transforms her life story into a testimony of female leadership in the Amazon. At 60 years old, Dona Edna challenges the traditional cycle of açaí extraction by taking on, alongside other women from the island of Jussara, a central role in the production chain previously dominated by men. Under her leadership, organic açaí production has grown, generating income and better living conditions for her and her friends in the community. More than a record of the work of harvesting and labor fragility, the series seeks to reveal the signs of social, material, and symbolic transformation driven by women like Edna, who combine ancestral knowledge, innovation, and sustainability, becoming a symbol of female leadership and a reference for future generations. The series highlights the concrete impact of these women’s actions: better homes, greater autonomy, forest regeneration, and strengthening of the regional bio-economy, proving that tradition and sustainability can go hand in hand in a new perspective for the Amazon.”

Learn more about all the photographers and the exhibit through the 🔗 in our bio, and stay tuned for the other projects!

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