"The
best test of a civilised society is the way in which it treats
its most vulnerable and weakest members."
Mahatma Gandhi
Camera handout 2006
A photo essay by Ingrid Lass, Roanna and Rebecca
Tay.
Hendrik Beune, Pivot volunteer and past contest winner, helped
sign people up before the gallery opened to hand out the cameras.
Many past contestants are now volunteers on the community
project.
The contest involved handing out 200 cameras to local residents
of the Downtown Eastside. The contestants return the cameras
three days later.
Several TV stations covered the annaul event, which has now
occured four times. This crew came from Fairchild Television,
with the event also being shown on CTV and CBC Radio One among
others.
A contestant signs for a camera. Every camera comes in a plastic
bag which holds the single-use camera, a pen and a consent
form to get permission from the people being photographed.
