From Rural Community to City: Chiapas, Mexico
February 14, 2010
Side by Side Gallery has just posted an online photography exhibit of work by photographer Refugia Guzµán Pérez, a Ch’ol photographer from Chiapas, Mexico who is affiliated with the Chiapas Photography Project (CCP) and Archivio Fotográfico Indígena (AFI). Read more
Shoot Nations
July 26, 2009
Shoot Nations is a joint partnership between Plan UK and Shoot Experience to encourage young people to express their thoughts on global issues through photography and drawings. Shoot Nations aims to use these art forms as tools of cross-cultural, language-free communication. Shoot Nations is produced each year to coincide with the United Nations’ International Youth Day, annually commemorated on 12th August. Download the Shoot Nations brochure with info and photos from 2006, 2007 and 2008 or view the Shoot Nations History section.
Pinhole Photography by Incarcerated Girls at Remann Hall, Washington State
June 4, 2009
Pete Brook on his blog prisonphotography.wordpress.com recently interviewed Steve Davis about his photography project of pinhole images by the girls at Remann Hall.
“When working with the incarcerated youth of Washington State, Steve Davis used the camera in different ways and to different ends. He conducted his own long-term portrait project concurrently with workshops offered to the detained youth. Read more
Contrast Project: Palestinian Youth Photo Project
May 5, 2009
While the Contrast Project is currently expanding to involve youth groups in Washington, DC, and other locations, the project focuses on primarily on youth in the West Bank of the Palestinian Territories. The continuation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict affects the daily life of nearly all individuals in the region, Read more
