Photography Camp Students Document Katrina’s Effects on Their City

Yet another important example of kids using photography to articulate their experiences and feelings:

I love that the instructors are being intentional about using the experience for healing and discussion. From the story:

The students also had homework: to make a self-portrait and to photograph “people and things that have meaning for you.” And there were writing assignments: to record a childhood memory and specific memories of their experiences during Hurricane Katrina and to answer such questions as “What do you think about? What concerns you? What do you dream about lately?”

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