This past Friday I attended the opening of The Polling Place Photo Project, A Citizen Journalism Exhibition at the Hartford Art School. The exhibit was curated by William Drenttel and Jessica Helfand of Winterhouse and they were both great to talk to. It was a wonderful experience and displayed the project in many different formats, there were also films by Andrew Sloat.

The Polling Place Photo Project was a nationwide experiment in citizen journalism that encouraged voters to capture, post and share photographs of primaries, caucuses and general elections. By documenting local voting experiences, participants contributed to an archive of photographs that capture the richness and complexity of voting in America.

The project was conducted in partnership with the AIGA and supported by The New York Times. The exhibit runs through March 18th and here is more information about it.