Empowering Youth Through Photography
June 17, 2008
Focus on Youth empowers at-risk teens through photography by bringing them together with mentors to experience their world in new ways. We are a non-profit mentor project that teaches photography to at-risk inner city teens from diverse cultures, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds. Professional and hobbyist photographers volunteer as adult mentors, sharing their expertise, skills and enthusiasm with students.
Organization for Youth Empowerment
June 17, 2008
Photography is a creative form of image making accessible to children of all ages. During the first six months of OYE, as a pilot program, children aged five to sixteen were taught how to use simple camera equipment to creatively portray and reflect about their lives and community. Starting with only five point and shoot cameras, the photography students have taken beautiful and perceptive black and white portraits of their friends, family and neighbors. Read more
Searching for El Dorado…
June 17, 2008
Searching for Eldorado consists of series of photographs taken by the participants of the project, twelve young people between the ages of 10 and 18, over the course of four months. The results have been used to build this website, which provides a portrait of the community of Eldorado through the eyes of its children and youth. Read more
