This is WHat We Saw:
Yours, mine, and our stories.

Welcome to the What We Saw Blog: Writing and Photo Documentation by Michaela Rai

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Humanity: A Love Letter to Documentary Photography

Telling the right story the right way has the potential to engage minds, illuminate disparity, heal divides and create empathy. Documenting stories accurate to the subject’s experience provides a lens to view another’s experience and the foundation of their beliefs, actions and life. Honest storytelling gives us the gift of perspective and duality.

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A woman crying in front of a “Girls just want fundamental rights” sign at a protest in Duluth, MN. Photo by Michaela Rai.