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More New Mexico Pics

Here's a picture one of the workshop participants took of me when we hiked to the top of "Chimney Rock," near the ranch! The workshop concept started a while ago when Phil Borges (founder of the nonprofit) decided to teach local indigenous kids in developing countries to use digital cameras and share their stories with kids in the Seattle area schools. As it started growing, he realized it would be great to train other photographers or cross-cultural enthusiasts to help facilitate the process and "mentor" the kids. So, in New Mexico, the organization took 15 people to come work in a class of about 12 kids on a mult-media piece; the kids took all the pictures and wrote/recorded the narration for the piece, which was about their conflict between whether to stay in their area or leave town. The workshop also provides photography/photoshop training for people who don't have a background in photography but are excited about the potential for storytelling. Anyway, it was great!
I enjoyed learning how to use my dad's camera - this is a shot I took on that same hike on Chimmney rock!
I love the lighting on this one!
Here's one of my favorite shots - it's from the last day in the classroom. I don't remember what we were talking about but it was obviously very funny! Phil, who founded Bridges, is pictured on the right.  | posted by Cheryl, 5/14/2006 11:35:00 AM