Feminist scholarship in communication research often invokes empowerment when discussing issues such as discourse, experience, agency and resistance, with or without specific notes on what it really means. Yet, feminist insistence on the understanding of the complexity of power in guiding our struggles for a fair and equitable society, especially following a Foucauldian analysis, demands a comparable vision of empowerment. This essay intends to enrich the discussion by engaging in conceptualization of a feminist vision of empowerment. It argues for two components: discursive empowerment and experiential empowerment. In the context of feminist praxis, the two types of empowerment converge into an integrated, liberatory feminist struggle that truly empowers the marginalized groups in society. Two instances of visual media practice that claimed to empower women: participatory photography called Photovoice conducted in China and Guatemala respectively are analyzed against the feminist vision of empowerment. Participatory photography features the use of cameras by people who are usually the subjects of the gaze of photojournalism. These photos are then organized into books or exhibitions or websites that reach a much larger, sometimes a global audience. Marginalized groups thus can use simple cameras to tell stories of their needs, their desires, and their realities. This alternative media practice not only gives those voiceless a voice, it also makes this voice visible, in a world where �seeing is believing.� The paper assesses the projects potentials and limits for a feminist vision of empowerment.