Through Different Eyes: The Faces of Poverty in Virginia is a large-scale effort by the Virginia Poverty Law Center (VPLC) to capture through visual images the lives of those in our society who are most invisible. The project intends to educate the public through art about the lives of low-income families and individuals in the Commonwealth. These families share many qualities that are universal including triumphs and tragedies, pleasure and sorrow, pride and pain, sacrifice and excess, courage and fear, love and anger, spirituality and thoughtlessness.

This juried photography project began its statewide tour in October 2005 in Richmond, VA. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts toured the exhibit through its statewide education programs from 2005 to 2008. From 2008 onwards, VPLC has continued to show the exhibit at various organizations, universities and museums including the Abingdon Arts Depot, the University of Richmond Downtown and the O. Winston Link Museum in Roanoke.

Leaders from the arts, government, the legal community, and educators join a prestigious committee supporting our program. Please contact Urmila Oberoi at urmila@vplc.org if you are interested in having the exhibit come to your community.