- Value [1] Photography
- Our History -- Prior to founding Critical Exposure, our founders worked in education policy, teaching and community organizing,
and we have both been life-long photography enthusiasts. Through our experiences in education and education advocacy, we found
that, while the students in low-income public schools were often discussed, analyzed, and critiqued, they were rarely asked
to contribute to the conversation. Assumptions have been made on their behalf for decades. When crucial decisions were made
that would affect the education and future of these students, their voices were blatantly absent. The injustices of the education
system against youth were being allowed to continue and worsen, in part due to the country's ability to turn a blind eye to
the conditions in schools serving low-income children.
- Value [2] Communication
- CE founders felt compelled to create a communication method that would inject student voices into policy conversations about
education, and into the general population's consciousness about the state of public schools. What better way to give youth
a voice than through images captured from their perspective?
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