project overview

Lived Experience is an analog photography project in which 25 unhoused participants captured glimpses of their lives on the streets of Boulder, Colorado.

This project is funded by a grant from the Boulder Arts Commission, an agency of the Boulder City Council.

process

Unboxed Photography worked in partnership with Feet Forward to distribute single-use cameras and provide an opportunity for folks to connect with their creativity and explore visual expression through the art of film photography. The images were captured on 35mm black and white negative film during May 2022. All exhibition prints were curated and hand-processed in the darkroom by B Goodell / Unboxed Photography.

• distribution

• curation

• design

• printmaking

• framing

• installation

• exhibition

inspiration

Lived Experience is adapted from the Through Our Eyes Project, started in 2016 by Jason Williamson, and shares the goal of elevating the stories of people experiencing homelessness to inspire social change.

special thanks

Pictured (left to right): B Goodell, Aaron Brockett, Nicole Speer, Lauren Folkerts, Jennifer Livovich. Credit: Bruce Borowsky