tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65641883288840167952024-03-08T15:05:07.296-08:00Photography Workshops for Adolescent Girls"Picture Me" Workshops by Wendy StoneWendy Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11135892001153277485noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564188328884016795.post-12716169155323737802012-02-11T06:37:00.000-08:002012-03-04T00:05:34.696-08:00“Picture Me” Photography Workshop for Adolescent Girls<br />
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to encourage them to use photographs to tell their personal stories and express
themselves in a visual medium. In the workshops the girls learn basic
photography skills and start shooting away. We try to take a journalistic approach to photography
exploring how you tell a story in photos.
Each girl writes her own story or the story of a friend or family member
or some social issue that concerns her. Underprivileged adolescent girls are
often not given a voice to express their concerns about social issues, the environment,
their home life or what is going on around them. Yet teenage girls are thinking
about these kinds of things all the time as they approach adulthood. They are
wondering what their role will be as responsible adults in today’s world and
how to achieve their goals. This is an opportunity for them to explore all of
their thoughts and ideas about the world around them. As they take their photos
we print them in the classroom and have an open discussion about the images and
what they communicate to all of us. The students in this workshop in Nairobi, Kenya have chosen
themes including families coping with HIV/AIDS, street children and homeless
people, unemployed youth and drugs, life in the slums and environmental health
hazards due to mounting garbage in slums and cities. They are concerned
citizens of the world and their photos show it all. It has been a great privilege
working with these students and seeing their enthusiasm for the project. Most
importantly the excitement of seeing their photos come out of that printer and
their voices being heard and seen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">“Picture Me” was made possible by a grant
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The students critique their photographs and compose their photo essays</div>
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</div>Wendy Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11135892001153277485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564188328884016795.post-64768724051671584692012-02-01T07:24:00.000-08:002012-03-22T08:30:31.775-07:00“Picture Me” Photography Workshop for Adolescent Girls (Malindi)<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The “Picture Me” photography workshop at an Islamic school
in Malindi on the Kenyan coast was a great success. The students were very
enlightening about the Islamic faith and led the workshop in a different
direction that was appropriate for their customs and traditions. Over the
weekend several students got together to take their photographs in groups
rather than individually since it would not be acceptable for a young Muslim
woman to walk around on her own taking photographs. Other students shot photos
during family outings with friends and relatives. The main theme, Life in
Malindi, came across strongly in some revealing photos about Islamic traditions
as well as social issues relating to poverty, the contrast between rich and
poor and overwhelming garbage in the streets. The girls expressed great concern
about preserving the environment and creating healthy living conditions for
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many photos were taken at home where young women are
permitted to remove their traditional black dress, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">bui bui</i>, showing their westernized clothes affirming that these
teens are like any others all around the world wearing fashionable jeans,
t-shirts and colorful dresses. Over the weekend an Islamic celebration for the
Prophet Mohammed took place with great parades and crowds. Music, dancing,
poetry recitals and readings from the Koran delighted the crowds of hundreds of
spectators in the city streets. </span></div>
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