REFLECTING Raw Emotions and Authentic Moments: A Visual Journey into the Heart of the Human Experience

VOICES OF CHARLESTON

Photographic Portraits & Oral Histories from the Unheard

Charleston’s living history lives in its people. Meet the Black elders whose stories and portraits anchor this project. Explore their voices, memories, and enduring legacies in this growing archive of true heart of Charleston, South Carolina.

VOICES AROUND THE WORLD

These photographs celebrate beauty found in simplicity, reflecting people simply because they exist. Each image stands as a testament to the richness of the human experience, inviting viewers to pause, reflect, and find meaning in their own existence and the world around them.

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about the artist

Helena Fulmore

Self-taught documentary photographer raised in the South. Shooting on film and digital to preserve the stories of Black and brown communities: one portrait, one neighborhood at a time.