The Power of Film

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Cafe Art, a London organization that combats homelessness, is empowering homeless people through photography. Each year, the organization hands out 100 film cameras to homeless people in London, inviting them to venture out into the city to capture photos that resonate with their experiences. The goal is to uplift the homeless by providing them with a sense of dignity and purpose, teaching them new techniques, and allowing them to explore their creativity. And the results are moving — the photos not only provide a profound aesthetic experience, but they prove the ability and worth of people so often ignored and discounted by society. This process thus boldly questions who is allowed to be an artist and and who has the agency to be creative. Surrendering the artistic space to people who are traditionally not artists ruptures the typical order of the art world, providing homeless people with a moment of power and creative purpose.

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