Photography

June 15th, 2008

By far the most stressful day I’ve had with these children. I started by asking the question “What do you want to be when you grow up” and was the best response I’ve gotten to an art prompt so far.

The drawings they made were all fascinating and well done. I organized for photography. We used single-use cameras and had a limited number so they were not able to receive their own individual camera. This process resulted in, as expected, an unwillingness to share. I had to constantly be regulating their photo-taking. None of them had held a camera, let alone take a photograph before so they were all thrilled to experience it. They told me it was their favorite and at least three of them came to me afterward saying they wanted to become photographers.

After photography, I took some of my favorite shots on the minidv cam, I am so anxious about compiling this film. I cannot wait to have that type of media because it speaks in such a different manner from the others.

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