A collection of collaborative portraiture and audio interviews.
Outside The Lens presents 'WHERE THE LIGHT TRAVELS: PORTRAITS OF SAN
DIEGO REFUGEE STUDENTS' - a collection of collaborative portraiture
and audio interviews. Each individual in this exhibition is the face
of a wider story - the story of their journey, family, resilience, and
joy.
The medium of large format was more commonly used during a time when
photography was less accessible and less democratic. An aim of this
project was to subvert that context and use this format to photograph
an often overlooked and marginalized community. The time and care
needed for each shot on a large format camera, with its intricate and
antiquated handling, is a way to honor these incredible young people
and help to bring attention to themselves and their stories.
In partnership with the San Diego Refugee Tutoring program.
All images shot on a 4x5 large format film camera by Outside the Lens
Teaching Artist and Photographer JANA MCBEATH
[http://www.janamcbeath.com].
ABOUT OUTSIDE THE LENS [http://www.outsidethelens.org]: The mission of
Outside the Lens is to empower youth to use digital media to create
change within themselves, their community and their world.
ABOUT SAN DIEGO REFUGEE TUTORING PROGRAM
[http://www.sdrefugeetutoring.com]: San Diego Refugee Tutoring program
is an organization whose mission is to achieve social justice through
educational access for refugee students in eastern City Heights.
ABOUT THE ARTIST: JANA MCBEATH [http://www.janamcbeath.com] is a
Photographer and Teaching Artist based in San Diego. Originally from
England, she received her BA (Hons) and MA from Manchester School of
Art. She is driven by her fascination with the world and her work
explores boundaries, change and the transition of things, places and
states of being. Her passion is analogue photography and her work
spans from the abstract through to documentary portraiture.
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