FREE ONLINE EVENT, BUT TICKETS ARE REQUIRED.
EBPCO’s Photography Out Loud! series is proud to present Pulitzer prize winning photojournalist Renée C. Byer who will share some images from her internationally acclaimed book, “Living on a Dollar a Day: The Lives and Faces of the World’s Poor,” and her most recent work on homelessness in California. Her images capture the humanity of the people experiencing abject poverty in America's wealthiest state. Homelessness is a societal failure playing out in real-time and in plain view. In Sacramento, the capital of California, homelessness has overwhelmed the community and it has become the more pressing issue on the minds of citizens. Renee's work, her ability to capture intimate moments in her images, has made homelessness real for the readers of the Sacramento Bee. Her work challenges readers to see that the homeless people they view from a safe distance are, like them, just people who want to live their lives with dignity.