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Monday, June 4. 2007Gentilly Group
From December through March, we worked with a group of kids living in a FEMA trailer park located in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans.
 Group Portrait taken by Ariya  Photograph taken by Terrell  Photograph taken by Durrell  Photograph taken by Terrell  Photograph taken by Durrell Working with youth living in the FEMA trailer park enviornment presented new challenges due to the impermanent nature of their living situation. We discovered that many of the families living in this park were not originally from Gentilly and the community was in flux as people moved back to their homes or into new neighborhoods. Despite this uncertaintly we were able to develop meaningful relationships and accomplish a great deal. We found that our presence was welcomed as we implemented a community arts component to the services offered in the park, engaged the kids in fun art activities, and gave them opportunites to visit other areas of town. The group structure was slightly different in that we had weekly meetings, but it was not always the same kids that came. This required flexibility, and we realized that it was more about creating a space for kids to come, rather than a consistent group dynamic. Below are sample images from field trips, various projects, and weekly group meetings...  "Meaty" There are shapes and patterns of meat. Meat are in cases. Meat has it's own color. by Chealsey  "Ice Cream" Ice Cream comes in round containers. Ice cream comes in different flavors. Ice Cream is Icy. by Chealsey  "Untitled" When my brother and I went to the car wash I was holding my puppy by Durrell  "The Monsters"
the monsters shot durrell in the butt. The bullet beat up Durrell. by Terrell  "Untitled" I like the Christmans tree. This is Frosty the Snowman. I took a picture of the light. by Terrell  "The Lights" I like Frosty. Turrell finger is in the way and i'm going to beat him up. I don't no what is those dots are. by Durrell Photo Booth Mixed Media  self portrait by warren  self portrait by terrell  self portrait by Durrell Pinhole Camera Images  Pinhole Image by Buddy  Pinhole by Terrell Field Trip to Festivus  Photograph taken by Terrell  Photograph taken by Darrell Field Trip to a Mardi Gras Parade  Terrell and Durrell on a field trip to a Mardi Gras Parade Postcard Exchange Project  Hi Lisa, I am eight years old. I listen to jazz music. I go to a fun school. I like to take photos. I have a dog and his name is Charlie. He's a Schnauzer. He is grey and white. I am doing great. What kind of pictures do you like to take? Derrell  Hi Jayla... I like to ride my bike. I like to take pictures of my bike. I like going to the candy store where I live. Terrell Monday, May 14. 2007Thank you Aubrey Edwards for amazing lighting workshops!!!    Aubrey Edwards has been working with our participants when she is in New Orleans. Aubrey has been visiting the city, working on a book project, BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS: Portraits of New Orleans Residents and Rebuilders. "The purpose of this project is three fold. First, to give residents who lost valuable family photos and albums new memories and photos to cherish. Second, to document a momentous period in American history. Third, to record the stories and celebrate the communities, families and faces of New Orleanians as they begin to restore life to how it was before the storm. Behind each of these images there is a tale of hope, strength, tenacity and pain. While oral history will be added to the project at a later date, presently I would like the faces to simply speak for themselves." To learn more about the project and to see sample images visit... aubreyedwards.com Sunday, April 15. 2007POSTCARD EXCHANGE
Starting this past winter The New Orleans Kid Camera Project kids conducted a Postcard Exchange with young photographers from Rochester, NY who are part of Studio 789 Wilson Foundation Academy Photo Club. Studio 789 started as an eight week pilot project in the spring of 1999 and is now in its ninth year as a 22 week after school photography program for students in seventh, eighth and ninth grades. Community Darkroom (where Ariya and Tara formerly worked and taught) at Genesee Center for the Arts & Education conducts this program.
Students in Studio 789 learn how to use a professional fully adjustable 35mm camera, go on field trips in the community, make their own black and white prints, compose writing to accompany their images and learn to use Photoshop and In Design. They used their own images as the postcard and they asked our kids all kinds of questions about their friends and families, what they liked to do and what it was like to live in New Orleans.  Dean's postcard from Rochester   Angelica's Postcard, 9th ward, New Orleans What's good Dean, (this means what's up) my name is Angelica but you can call me Gelly. I’m from New Orleans, Louisiana. I love New Orleans, but i want to go to college in New York. So how is it up there? It's real crazy here. I'm a member of The New Orleans Kid Camera Project and I love it. We take pictures and develop them in the darkroom too. We also go on field trips and have lots of fun. Oh and by the way I have a picture that looks exactly like yours. Gelly  Brittany's postcard from Rochester   Lashay's Postcard, Gert town, New Orleans Hi Brittany, my name is Lashay. Before the storm hit we were in Poplarville, Mississippi. Things are not much better here in New Orleans because of violence. My favorite thing to do in photo club is to take pictures. I like to take pictures of people. Where do you live? And what is it like? How old are you and when is your birthday? That's all for now. LaShay  Thomas, from Rochester  ...  Erica's Postcard, New Orleans, 12th Ward Hi Thomas, No, I didn't meet Oprah. I'm also interested in the TV shows that you like. I also like The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. The Suite life of Zack and Cody is about two twins that are living in a hotel and they are close to shutting it down because they start trouble. I am in the 5th grade at Milestone Sabis Academy of New Orleans. I just made a pinhole camera and I painted it blue. Have you ever made one? I like to take pictures of all kinds of things. What kinds of pictures do you like to take? Erica  Stacey's Postcard from Rochester  ...  Nicholas's Postcard from New Orleans East Dear Stacey, No, I wasn't scared when Katrina hit. Yes, I went to school in Lafayette. I have three sisters. I think your picture looks like a heart that can fly. I would like a tattoo when I am an adult. My favorite sport is football and my favorite thing is running. My picture tells about people in New Orleans who are rebuilding. What do you do on Saturdays? Did a hurricane ever hit New York? Nicholas We would like to thank all of the students and teachers for providing the opportunity for our kids to share stories and images in such a personal and fun way. A special thank you to Beth Lyons, a lead teacher for Studio 789 and the person who got this ball rolling, and Sharon Turner the director of Community Darkroom, as well as Jen Perena. Sunday, March 11. 2007Thank you Courtney Egan for teaching video editing to the kids!!!!!!!!!
Courtney has been working with the Gert Town group for many many months, teaching basic video techniques and video editing.
Courtney Egan is an experimental media artist. She manipulates video as if it were a traditional collage element, cutting, pasting, and animating video clips. The great thing about Courtney is how she passes on her talent to an even younger generation with her work as instructor in the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts' media arts program. Additionally, she was the first teacher of the award-winning New Orleans Video Access Center's Teen Video Workshop, with participants' work screening at 32 film festivals, including Sundance, and one student even earning an Oscar nomination in the student division. Thank you to Patricia Sills and Xavier University Art Village for use of the digital lab where Lakenya and Kenneth edited their video portraits. To view the videos.... click HERE.  Photograh taken by Jo, age 6, of Courtney and Lakenya working on a video project.  Photograph taken by Booma, age 5, of Kenneth gathering video footage. Thursday, February 22. 2007Photo Booth Self Portrait Project
Project participants used a Mac laptop to take self portraits with Photo Booth.
The images were manipulated further in Adobe Photoshop, resized, and then printed. Participants then added drawing and writing to the images, which were scanned back into the computer by the kids. Below are some sample images from the Photo Booth Self Portrait project....  Brandon  Robert  Sullivan  Hayvenisha  Trishawn  Raymond  Kenneth |
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