No Man's Art Slum Photography Contest

The No Man's Art Slum Photography Contest is an annual photography contest organized by No Man's Art Gallery in an underprivileged neighborhood in the world.

The first Slum Photography Contest was held in 2011 in Mumbai, India. 45 children from Dharavi, one of the biggest slums in the world, were given an analogue camera and two film rolls. The gallery teamed up with Acorn India Dharavi Project for a teenagers’ photography contest, and the winning picture was exhibited at the gallery from July 1–4 2011.[1] No Man's Art Gallery worked together with the NGO Acorn Foundation India and Artefacting Mumbai. Together they gave the children a workshop on how to use the camera, as many of the children had never used one before, then the kids were sent off to document the things in life they enjoyed the most.

All children received print outs of their film rolls, and the best ten children were exhibited among other young international artists at the No Man's Art Pop Up Gallery in Mumbai.

The pictures are now for sale and regularly exhibited at No Man's Art Gallery. The proceeds go to buying new film rolls for the children.[2]