Everyday Bay Area Compilation

Everyday Bay Area is a project of CatchLight , The Everyday Projects and KQED, and has partnered with PhotoWings to document their roll out and interview EDBA photographers.

The project focuses the power of visual storytelling to help San Francisco Bay Area residents see and understand each other across identities, ages, demographics and geography. Everyday Bay Area and its curator, Pei Ketron, has brought together a fascinating group of local photographers to underscore the project. PhotoWings has interviewed some of them to delve deeper into their lives and contributions to the Everyday Bay Area story. The interviews will be added to this page so stay tuned.

Based on a curated Instagram feed, Everyday Bay Area encourages professionals and amateurs to make “photography that matters.” The feed highlights stories that connect people—images that ignite curiosity and promote inclusion, tolerance and respect.

Everyday Bay Area 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 use the hashtag #everydaybayarea on Instagram to be considered for the Everyday Bay Area Instagram feed and exposure at live events and exhibitions. There is also a page on Facebook.