In November of 2005, three men from diverse
nationalities arrived in Kampala, Uganda, to
partner with ten Ugandan street children. Their
goal was to pioneer a project intended to give
marginalized children a means of creative
self-expression.
Over two weeks, the three men, an alliance of
English, Ugandan and American citizens,
collaborated to provide rudimentary instruction to the five boy and five girl students, who ranged in age from 12-15 and were then residing in a temporary home in Kampala. Working only with single point-and-shoot cameras and the minimal knowledge imparted in a mere six sessions of instruction, these students
commandeered and redefined the expectations
of the project. Five boys and five girls, ages 9 through 15, were given a series of disposable cameras over several weeks and taught the basics of photography. In workshops organized at the Youth Corps homes, the children established ideas about what they wanted to document. Along the streets of Kampala, they then recreated pieces of their former and present lives. With raw honesty, the young photographers captured images that mixed universal themes of youth with lives of grave hardship. What came from this project exceeded all expectations.
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Gulu, Uganda
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The cows are eating grass from Tegwana. It’s very beautiful, a good background
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