Pride Portraits has become the largest LGBTQIA+ visibility campaign to date. Focusing on visibility, representation and humanization for our entire community. Under the direction of creator, Eric Edward Schell and a very small team of dedicated volunteers, the campaign has photographed and collected personal statements from 6,000 individuals around the country including Nobel Prize winners, Academy Award winners, Grammy Award winners, Emmy Award winners; the nations top political leaders, celebrities and social media influencers. Pride Portraits has partnered with the most influential LGBTQIA+ organizations as well as some of the worlds largest corporations, universities and bodies of U.S. Government. Pride Portraits has used social media, primarily Facebook, to push LGBTQIA+ visibility to the forefront. We have followers in 46 countries across the world. Nigeria, Russia, Taiwan, Pakistan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia where being LGBTQIA+ is either illegal or not culturally accepted. Being able to provide solace to those who aren’t free to be themselves is part of our mission.