Fresh Eyes Photography Project
To give youth who are locked-up in juvenile detention facilities the tools to help them change the outcome of their lives by teaching them digital photography and giving them the confidence to successfully reintegrate into their communities upon release.
Fresh Eyes Photography Project is currently active in three New Mexico state juvenile facilities. These facilities include, J. Paul Taylor Juvenile Rehabilitation Center in Las Cruces, Youth Diagnostic and Development Center (YDDC) and Camino Nuevo Youth Center in Albuquerque.
At each of these facilities two, 10-week semesters are offered yearly. Classes meet once a week for two hours. A maximum of 8 students are served in each class. All instructors are professional photographers and volunteers.
Our teaching methods stress the importance of moving beyond point and click photography. Students learn how to set the manual controls on the camera and how these controls are used to achieve special artistic effects. The final two classes are spent learning the basic principles of the digital darkroom and how to apply these principles to their personal work.
2004
Karen McCullough
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