The 2012 Hope in Shadows calendar and vendor Patrick Doyle were featured on the front page of the Vancouver Sun. Read more here: 

A 20 per cent increase in sales of the Hope in Shadows calendar this year means not only will it likely sell out a record number before the New Year, but it will help more people in Vancouver's Downto

- Hope and Shadows is on to its ninth annual photo contest and calendar, starting in October 2003.

- 200- plus people entered the 2011 photo contest.

Over the next few months you might see Hope in Shadows vendors sporting new rain-proof bags, warm toques and large blue umbrellas.

Today the photos chosen for the annual Hope in Shadows calendar were unveiled, showing the magic of the Downtown Eastside Vancouver community.

by Paul Ryan, Project Director, Hope in Shadows

See this year's top 38 photographs, including the 13 images in the 2012 calendar at one of the following exhibitions.