Defining Moments: Everyday Bay Area

Everyday Bay Area, a project of CatchLight, focuses on the power of visual storytelling to help SF Bay Area residents see and understand each other across identities, ages, demographics and geography. PhotoWings partnered with CatchLight to interview some of their fascinating participants – to learn about them and their thinking. In this compilation video we explore their early influences and what sparked their interests in photography.

The EDBA project curator, Pei Ketron, has brought together a group of local professionals and amateurs to make “photography that matters”, primarily an Instagram feed. It highlights stories that connect people to ignite curiosity and promote inclusion, tolerance and respect. EDBA explores issues that are unique to life in the Bay Area with the theme, Picturing the New California Dream. The California Dream has always meant seeking fame and fortune, from the Gold Rush to Hollywood to Silicon Valley. But now, California faces vast economic disparity among its residents. What is the California Dream today?

The public can participate by using the hashtag #everydaybayarea on Instagram to be considered for inclusion in their Instagram feed and exposure at live events and exhibitions. There is also a page on Facebook.

Everyday Bay Area is a project of CatchLight, The Everyday Projects and KQED and has partnered with PhotoWings