“We are Photographers” is a multimedia exploration of the role that photography plays in the lives of youth around the world. Last summer, students from SF Camerawork’s First Exposures program traveled to Ghana to explore commonalities across cultures through an exchange with the Ghana Youth Photo Project. This visual collaboration looks at young people’s lives in San Francisco, CA and Accra, Ghana. As a extension of the exhibition, United in Nima, the project made it’s debut in March 2009. For more information please visit http://www.sfcamerawork.org
“We are Photographers” is a multimedia exploration of the role that photography plays in the lives of youth around the world. Last summer, students from SF Camerawork’s First Exposures program traveled to Ghana to explore commonalities across cultures through an exchange with the Ghana Youth Photo Project. This visual collaboration looks at young people’s lives in San Francisco, CA and Accra, Ghana. As a extension of the exhibition, United in Nima, the project made it’s debut in March 2009. For more information please visit http://www.sfcamerawork.org
This poster symbolizes the aboriginal youth of today, and everyday spreading their wings and taking flight into the world. The shape in which the picture is, is a circle which represents the dream because a dream catcher is a metal ring. The feather on the left of the ring…
Thousands of children in Africa are abducted into war every year by corrupt soldier militias. These child soldiers are placed into extremely violent situations and girls are frequently abused and forced into unimaginably heinous acts. As 8th grade students living in Chicag…
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Redwood City Adobe Youth Voices Peapod Academy
"ANGEL IN MY SKY" is a coming of age story of young man who searches for answers during a tragic time in his life. He learns a powerful lesson in faith, forgiveness, and staying true to your word. Members of the Adobe Youth Voices Peapod Academy worked together to wr…
A dramatic short film about four teens who are challenged by a difficult decision. As the day goes by, one bad decision after another leads to a problem, and no one in the group decides to speak up. The ultimate question the project poses is: "If you were in this situatio…
A raw, honest film, My Brother was created by the filmmaker to honor her brother who lost his life to gang violence on her 13th birthday. She hopes her work will help people to connect with losing a loved one and perhaps inspire people to stop being violent.
This digital story explores the distance between the filmmaker’s life in New York City and his past in China: the same sky above us and a different world below.