Impact on Participants

70% of participants reflected they felt empowered or more confident as a result of having their work shown in a professional exhibition

100% of participants reflected they felt more confident and creative in using photography

100% of responsive programme partners strongly agreed that working with Open Eye Gallery was a positive experience

“Through photography, I think we’ve been able to talk to each other on a deeper level and the friendships have bonded because you bring them things out in your pictures that you might not say in words, you know quite intimate things or ‘this happened to me or that happened to me’.”