ABSTRACT
There are many ethical considerations to navigate during the course of a photovoice project. One ethical element of the process to consider is the possible burden the process may place on participants. Drawing upon Gross, Katz, and Ruby's work regarding the types of invasions individuals who appear in photographs might experience, the first is intrusion into one's private space. Spence wrote about the burgeoning practice of community photography within the United Kingdom: the main objective of community photography is to enable people to achieve some degree of autonomy in their own lives and to be able to express themselves more easily, thus gaining solidarity with each other. Catalytic validity can be defined as participants better understanding social landscapes with the intent to participate in changing them. With recent technological advances, photovoice researchers are able to combat the occularcentric nature of the approach. This chapter outlines ten ethical considerations relative to photovoice research.
