The traveling photojournalism exhibit

Catholic Charities American Poverty Photojournalism Project: A Year in Review

It has been a full year since we became involved in the Catholic Charities American Poverty photojournalism project. It has been a rewarding and challenging year, and now a certain rhythm has taken hold as the exhibit crisscrosses the United States. This coming week, the exhibit presents itself in Nashville, Tennessee. The map above demonstrates where the exhibit has traveled (in red) and where it is yet to travel (in blue). Additional cities might still be added, and no final confirmation yet if the final exhibit will take place at the White House.

Steve Liss, the Project Director, travels to each city immediately prior to the exhibit reception, artfully and tastefully documenting the slices of poverty unique to each community. Our job involves image preparation—printing, mounting, and packaging all the images for each exhibit—and delivering them directly to the exhibit venue. Usually, there isn't a single day to spare, and thankfully, UPS has delivered each and every package on time and in perfect condition. Ideally, there would be a larger buffer of time for production, but then, what would be the challenge in that?

It is a challenge, and from every challenge, you hope to learn and improve from the experience.