A fascinating exhibition of photographs taken by 13 children and teenagers who sell chips, gum and other items on Guadalajara’s streets opens at the Efren Gonzalez Art Center (Marcos Castellanos 7, Ajijic) Saturday, June 16, 3 p.m.
The children all participate in a pioneering workshop run by the children’s rights collective CODENI (Colectivo Pro Derechos de la Niñez).
The first workshop was initiated by photographer Josh Meltzer in 2009 and included 17 teenagers. The cameras were supplied by the New York-based non-profit Listen to my Pictures.
Students from that workshop showed 50 of their images at the Regional Museum in Guadalajara. A second workshop in the last half of 2009 included 13 children aged eight to 12 years old, who presented their work at the Instituto Cultural Cabanas.
The aim of the workshops is to give the children a way to express what they see, experience and feel. Students first study the basic techniques of photography and then are given a camera to practice the skills of focusing, framing, composition, light and color to capture images reflecting their daily lives.
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