The article is devoted to identifying the heuristic potential of visual materials in the study of cultural values and meanings, in the context of the problem of finding optimal ways of socio-cultural integration of forced migrants’ families and recipient communities. The study is based on the methodological principles of social culturology, which involves the consideration of artworks as individual realization cases of cultural forms. The article uses materials from the photo exhibition „Hope. Family. Community”. This Ukrainian Polish project is designed to draw attention to the problems and needs of people affected by the military conflict in Eastern Ukraine. The analysis of photos of the peculiarities of the socio-cultural integration of families from Eastern Ukraine and Crimea has been made. The format of the stand-case and its structural elements are described. The basic principles of socio-cultural management of the exhibition project „Hope. Family. Community” are outlined. The importance of visual materials in the study of integration processes in modern Ukrainian communities has been proven.