Peter DiCampo is a Visuals Editor at ProPublica and a cofounder of the acclaimed Everyday Africa project and its resultant nonprofit, The Everyday Projects.

Photo Editing

+ Photo Editing portfolio including work as International Visual Editor at NPR in 2022 and projects with ProPublica, National Geographic, HuffPost

Photo by Anastasia Taylor-Lind

Art Direction

+ Art Direction portfolio including work as International Visual Editor at NPR in 2022 and more

Illustration by Sally Deng

The Everyday Projects

The Everyday Projects uses photography to challenge stereotypes that distort our understanding of the world. We are creating new generations of storytellers and audiences that recognize the need for multiple perspectives in portraying the cultures that define us. As a nonprofit, we work to provide opportunities for our global community and to provide structure, support, and direction for the diverse and worldwide range of Everyday photography groups.

+ The Everyday Projects

Everyday Africa

Everyday Africa is a collective Instagram feed of photographers sharing daily-life images across the continent in an effort to transcend stereotypes and present a more accurate depiction of normal life. A cofounder of Everyday Africa and a contributing photographer,  I have also taken on the roles of writer, coeditor of our book, exhibition curator, curriculum designer, and classroom instructor.

+ Everyday Africa

+ @everydayafrica on Instagram

Failed Aid

These are the objects and structures left behind when foreign aid projects are unfinished, unused, or unwanted. They are the result of a simplistic, predetermined narrative of Africa, a narrative that would have us believe that the people of an entire continent have nothing and need anything that is offered.

+ Failed Aid

Flying Kites: A Story of the 2013 California Prison Hunger Strike

There are more than 80,000 inmates in solitary confinement in the United States. This practice is internationally recognized as a form of torture. In 2018-2019, as part of the Stanford Graphic Novel Project, I was one of 16 coauthors of the collaborative book, “Flying Kites: A Story of the 2013 California Prison Hunger Strike.”

+ Purchase a copy from Haymarket Books

+ Download and read Flying Kites for free

+ ”On Comic Books and Collaboration” post on the making of Flying Kites

Wantugu Over Time

I lived in Wantugu, Ghana from 2006 to 2008, and I've been fortunate to return many times since. I've photographed a large segment of each of my major projects there, which makes me wonder: I feel a deep connection to this place and treasure my friendships there, but have I also treated it as a stage, a live theater I use for illustration in the name of issue-based reporting?

+ "The Place Where I Always Begin" book published by 10(X) Editions

Photo Bill of Rights

I’m proud to be one of 17 co-Authors and a Signatory of the Photo Bill of Rights.
The Photo Bill of Rights brings attention to the pervasive issues surrounding health, safety, access, bias, ethics, and finance throughout the visual media industry and offers solutions to establish equitable standards through actionable steps.

+ Visit www.photobillofrights.com to learn more and to sign the bill