For Youth Living in Palestine, Photography Offers Solace From the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

The Contrast Project works with Palestinian youth in using digital photography and video as tools for expression and advocacy. The project started in the summer of 2006 with photography trainings with two youth groups in the Bethlehem area of the Palestinian Territories. In the summer of 2007, the Contrast Project partnered with Voices Beyond Walls (VBW) to coordinate video and photography workshops with youth from five refugee camps throughout the West Bank. In 2008, the Contrast Project and VBW are partnering with the Intel Computer Clubhouse in Ramallah to offer a spring Training of Trainers (TOT) to develop youth media experts to lead this summer’s workshops. The project is also expanding its activities to public schools in the Washington, DC area.

Courtesy of Contrast Project: Human Rights Advocacy Through Youth Documentary Photography