PHOTO STORY

On October 28, Treasure Beach, a community of about 3,000 on Jamaica’s south coast, was struck by Hurricane Melissa. Tiffany Ritchie spent days preparing with her family. Unable to evacuate, she rode out the storm in a relative’s home on higher ground. Ritchie, like many Treasure Beach residents, now faces the challenge of rebuilding in a community still recovering from damages caused by Hurricane Beryl in 2024.

'We worked tirelessly to prepare for this hurricane'

By Ashlee Saffrona Gooden

19th Dec 2025

PHOTO STORY

After being faced by the 2024 floods in Nairobi and loosing nearly everying, even hope, Teresiah a single mother and wheelchair user, reached a near breaking point. But she didn’t give up. "What keeps me going and still does is my daughter." Teresiah says. Her daughter became her lifeline.

A Year On from Nairobi’s 2024 floods, a Daughter Remains Her Mother’s Lifeline.

BY CATERINA NYAMBURA

9th October 2025

NEWS UPDATE

Stories are as impactful now as they have always been, perhaps even more so today. But what is it that gives stories this power? We are answering that question in groundbreaking ways tapping into the power of untold stories to build solutions for one of the world’s most pressing crises: climate change.

A New Phase of Lensational and NAP GN’s Climate Initiative Using the Power of Photography

Reflections with Faye Cuevas, Lensational Board Chair

18th Sept 2025

PHOTO STORY

In Great Diamond’s backdam, along Guyana’s Demerara River, Warrau migrants from Venezuela have formed a small, close-knit community. Since arriving in 2021, one family has faced territorial disputes, poverty, and lack of basic utilities. They draw strength from community.

Caught in the crossfire of territorial disputes: Stories of survival of Guyana's borderless Warrau people

BY TARA LEUVINA SMITH

26th June 2025

"Mama We Is People Too!"
The New Beginnings School fighting for equitable education in Trinidad and Tobago

PHOTO STORY

Since the 1980s, the New Beginnings Educational Centre, In the vibrant tapestry of Trinidad and Tobago, has served as a beacon of hope for students with disabilities. Under the leadership of its Principal, Phillis Griffith, a passionate advocate for inclusive education, the school has continued to grow. Political instability, poor communication among policymakers, and unequal resource distribution however hinder the school’s full potential.

Reconnecting with my Indigenous Pokot roots in the face of climate change

PHOTO STORY

The Pokot people of Kenya have long used sustainable methods like sun drying, smoking, and fermentation to preserve food and secure food year-round, even during droughts. These techniques are now fading due to modern refrigeration and climate change. But the elderly such as Mzee Joel and Mama Krop make sure this invaluable knowledge is passed down to their sons and grandchildren.

Women of Domiase: the backbone of an isolated community in Ghana's Eastern Region

PHOTO STORY

Janet, Emefa, and Gladys, like many women in Domiase, Ghana, work right alongside men, farming cassava, groundnut, and maize while running their households. They face isolation and a lack of infrastructure, but their their efforts sustain the community,—showing that equality can be a powerful force.

A Night Shift with Natalia

PHOTO STORY

At 30 years old, Natalia is the only woman working as a railway electrification technician in the Barcelona province. The job is technical and dangerous, requiring intervention on high-voltage contact lines - and happens only at night, while Barcelona residents sleep. Working at night, in a man’s world, is not without its risks.

Caught in the crossfire of territorial disputes

PHOTO STORY

On the East Bank of the Demerara River, Guyana, in a village called ‘Great Diamond’, lies a 'backdam' where some Venezuelan migrants, mostly of Warrau descent, have built a small, close-knit community. A family who resettled in Great Diamond in 2021 to escape Venezuela’s political and economic crisis is caught in the crossfire of territorial disputes and facing poverty and a lack of basic utilities, the family finds solace and solidarity among their neighbors.

Stories of survival of Guyana's borderless Warrau people

Equipping unrepresented women with the skills and tools for photography so they can tell their own stories

Lensational

A global nonprofit that equips women for visual storytelling, enabling them to document and share their stories in ways that accurately represent them.

Our Approach

Building Confidence

Our training is anchored on a three phase pathway that can take a woman from foundational self expression through photography to a reliable independent storyteller within our network.

Social Change Commissions

We pool funding to commission social change photography tied directly to policy cycles and knowledge gaps, generating evidence by the people living it.

Narrative Change

Distribution through our Media partners puts these women's own images in front of a global audience, gradually replacing the outside view of these communities with what they actually hold of themselves.