50/50 Show: Week 6
June 28, 2010
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This series was shot along the South Coast of England, in between Southampton and Portsmouth, juxtaposed next to the port where the Titanic began its fated journey. These children embrace the simple pleasures of the eternal summer: boys and their dogs splashing through puddles, adventuring in golden fields that roll into imaginary jungles, “launching,” as I heard one boy exclaim, “the Titanic 2 out into the sea…”
The last few days, pounding the gritty summer streets of London, I wonder if the eternal summer still lives on in the hearts of the Suits? Perhaps when they pause to eat a drippy ice cream or take a moment to dream in the sun?
Pic+tory
April 7, 2010
Pictory is a beautifully designed on-line magazine that showcases photographic images + text to tell stories that excite, inspire, awaken & touch the spirit. People from around the world of all ages and professions are featured. This project is the brain child of editor and writer Laura Brunow Miner. This month, I had the honor to be featured in the London showcase, with the image London Dreams. This image really gets at the heart of the community based photography work I was doing in London, helping young people to share their stories through photography. Sharing stories is ingrained in the human DNA – it’s an important part of being heard and being alive!
London Dreams
During my time in London, I worked as a photography teacher, mentoring young refugees and asylum seekers. I sought to teach them to observe beauty in any environment. That said, East London is the epitome of a dirty, over-industrialized, concrete jungle. Many of these young people had left behind third world countries, due to war and disruption, only to find themselves in conditions that were not much better. I spent days, hours, weeks walking the streets of London with young people looking for beauty. And I realized that it exists in the people — with their hopes, cultures, and stories all mingling together on a dirty street or a crowded bus — dreaming of the past and building a new future.
