In May, local photographer Dana Forsberg traveled to a village in India to spend three weeks helping 20 girls learn to see from different perspectives and take photographs.

Now she's putting their work on display, starting Tuesday at the Pegge Hopper Gallery in Chinatown, and making prints of the photos available to the public (suggested donations are $25 for small prints, $50 for large prints).

The exhibit will run through Sept. 12.

The idea behind the resulting exhibit, "India Through Girls' Eyes: Empowering Village Girls With Cameras," was a joint effort between Forsberg and the Sahayog Foundation, which works to give youngsters in central India opportunities to further their education, gain self-confidence and expand their imaginations, and to help them realize some of their dreams. This particular project used photography to help the girls express their interests and ambitions, along with their talent. Any donations will help cover material expenses and be used for other Sahayog programs.

The photos include dream sequences, portraits, self-portraits and abstract photographs taken during various exercises and field trips.

For more information and to see the girls' photos, visit www.projects.danaforsberg.com. Or you can ask the photographer about the project herself when Forsberg, along with Paula Stockman and Ramdas Lamb from the Sahayog Foundation, will be at the Pegge Hopper Gallery for First Friday, 5 to 9 p.m. Sept. 4.