The time for awareness
is now.
Most people have no idea what's being lost. Eyewitness exists to change that – photographers working as the agents of the movement, in their own communities, with tools built centrally, waking the world up to what memory needs. This is grassroots global storytelling, at scale.
Phase one
Build the machine
The foundation of a movement that lasts: a fully costed two-year plan, a not-for-profit structure with its assets legally locked to the mission, and the first Founding Partners – the companies who make photography possible – taking their positions.
At the same time, we build what photographers will actually use: the Eyewitness badge, downloadable campaign kits in multiple languages, and the platform that connects the network – sign-up, member directory, kit downloads and the Eyewitness newsletter.
Phase two
Launch in the UK
The movement goes public: a manifesto film, launch exhibitions, and a press push that takes the message beyond the photography bubble. The first badged Eyewitness Photographers begin work in their communities – with schools, care homes, councils and local media – reconnecting people with printed memory, one city, one story, one exhibition at a time.
Phase three
Take it worldwide
The rollout spreads – Australia, then Europe, then the US – through local chapters led by ambassador photographers and supported centrally. Every activation joins a shared archive: a living record of human memory restored through print.
What Eyewitness Photographers receive
- The official Eyewitness badge, for websites, portfolios and printed materials
- Plug-and-play campaign kits – visual assets, templates and press-ready materials in multiple languages
- A profile in the Eyewitness directory, showcasing their projects and local initiatives
- Support to run exhibitions, school and care-home projects, and local press stories
- Free education from the Ambassador Collective – technique and business alike
- A network of peers doing the same work around the world
Photographers gain purpose, visibility and credibility. Communities gain belonging, continuity and memory.
The education platform
Free education from the world's best
The Eyewitness Ambassadors – internationally recognised photographers, mentors and educators – will fill the member platform with teaching: technique, craft, and the business of photography. Free to every Eyewitness Photographer.
This is deliberate. Education is how the movement gives back to the photographers who carry it – and it will keep growing until Eyewitness is the biggest free educational platform for photographers anywhere.
Become an Eyewitness Photographer
Join the waitlist and be first to receive the toolkit when it's ready – and to claim your place in the founding collective.