Through the Eyes of Haitian Children – Gallery Talk and Exhibition Opening
July 23, 2010
Fedno Lubin/Zanmi Lakay | Pinchinat Tent Encampment at the soccer field in Jacmel, Haiti, in February 2010
Through the Eyes of Haitian Children will showcase photographs of Haitian life taken before and after the devastating earthquake by youth participants in the Haiti-based project Zanmi Lakay (Haitian Creole for Friend’s Home). The project has been working with street children in Haiti for over 13 years, and was recently featured on “Lens,” the photo blog of the New York Times. The Price of Sugar, a film screening about Haitians working in slave-like conditions in the Dominican sugar industry, will augment the exhibition. Open to the public and free-of-charge. For more info, click here
2010 International Visual Sociology Association Conference
July 16, 2010
The 2010 International Visual Sociology Association conference will provide an opportunity to reflect on state of the art in research in these four areas of visual sociology: theory of the image, methodology, fieldwork, and publication of results.
The conference will take place July 20-22, 2010 Bologna Italy. For more information, go to the IVSA website
Through Our Eyes: The Young Black Men’s Photovoice Project on Factors Affecting Their Transition to Manhood
July 6, 2010
Young black men from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds photographed the factors they felt affected their transitions to manhood in this gallery presented in collaboration with National Family Life & Education Center, Los Angeles Urban League, KAOS Network, Healthy African American Families II, California Institute of Health & Social Services, Children’s Institute, Inc., UCLA, RAND Corporation and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
When: Saturday, July 17 — 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: Vision Theatre in Leimert Park, 3341 W. 43rd Place, Los Angeles, CA 90008
For more information, contact Nazleen Bharmal at nbharmal@mednet.ucla.edu
AED launches Idea:Exchange with exhibit
June 11, 2010
AED, a nonprofit organization that works globally to improve education, health, social and economic development, will present participatory photography exhibit The Way We See It: Young Photographers Examine, Define, and Change Their World to introduce Idea:Exchange — “a place where people with ideas meet, engage, and present result,” according to its website.
