ABOUT

Photography 4 Humanity is an international initiative created by Right Here, Right Now that calls on photographers around the world to bring to life the power of human rights through their images. Highlighting the most compelling imagery — illustrating courage, despair, hope, injustice, compassion, human rights failures or victories in ways small and large — the images serve to inspire people to personally get involved and to take a stand for human rights.

Right Here, Right Now and Photography 4 Humanity called upon photographers around the world to capture images of people being affected by climate change in 2022. The climate justice exhibit was used to open the 2022 Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit in Boulder on December 1st. The exhibit then moved to the United Nations on December 10th, and was used to promote UN Human Rights Day and the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

“Whenever I visit places affected by the climate crisis, it’s impossible not to notice how women, children, minorities and the marginalized are disproportionately suffering. This fact is difficult to adequately describe in words. Yet, photographers are often uniquely able to capture this reality through their lenses. This year Photography 4 Humanity, supported by United Nations Human Rights called on photographers from around the world to capture the lives of people affected by the climate emergency. These images depict climate change as a human rights crisis, and call on all of us to get involved and take a stand for human rights.”

–  António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations

THE NEED