Critical Exposure

Critical Exposure is a nonprofit that teaches youth to use the power of photography and their own voices to become effective advocates for school reform and social change. We empower youth and youth-serving organizations to participate in the democratic process through an approach that combines photography and advocacy to facilitate: Youth Empowerment - Train students in documentary photography, leadership, and advocacy; teach them to document issues affecting their lives; and help them to use their images and voices to build support for changes to improve their schools and communities. Public Engagement - Inform and engage the public by using students' photographs and w...

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Students With Their Photos

A class of our students pose with their photos.

A Vision So Clear with a Sound So Faint

“I put a photo of my brother on the piano. It says ‘Graduation Picture 2006,’ and it captures the music side of him that is also in me. He graduated before he got killed. I’m going back to school because I made a promise to him that I was going to graduate. But while I was in school, he got killed. So I dropped out, I lost my focus, I couldn’t concentrate. I’m just getting back because I made him a promise that I would walk across that same stage that he walked across.” - Byron, 12th Grade, DC