#100camerassnapshot

[scottmbennett]

100cameras Snapshot Project: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil I have the amazing opportunity to teach photography and storytelling to youth in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This collaboration between the non-profit 100cameras and CoFondation (French artist JR's non-profit) will directly benefit the youth at Casa Amarela (a community youth center) in Rio. Using the 100cameras curriculum, I will teach over a month at Morro da Providência, and act as a facilitator to foster creativity and learning. Would you consider helping with this great cause and sharing the project with your friends? Thanks for any support that you can give! Even $10 or $25 would make a huge difference for the kids! Please, follow along during this journey (on Instagram) and also go directly to the indiegogo page to donate funds toward the project and read more about the details. (Link in Instagram bio) Thanks! #100cameras #100camerasSnapshotRio #100camerasSnapshot #brazil #rio #education #photography #casaamarela #brasil #riodejaneiro #art #jrartist #my100cameras #plnu #latinamerica (at Morro da Providência)

[scottmbennett]

100cameras Snapshot Project: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil I have the amazing opportunity to teach photography and storytelling to youth in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This collaboration between the non-profit 100cameras and CoFondation (French artist JR's non-profit) will directly benefit the youth at Casa Amarela (a community youth center) in Rio. Using the 100cameras curriculum, I will teach over a month at Morro da Providência, and act as a facilitator to foster creativity and learning. Would you consider helping with this great cause and sharing the project with your friends? Thanks for any support that you can give! Even $10 or $25 would make a huge difference for the kids! Please, follow along during this journey (on Instagram) and also go directly to the indiegogo page to donate funds toward the project and read more about the details. (Link in bio) Thanks! #100cameras #100camerasSnapshotRio #100camerasSnapshot #brazil #rio #education #photography #casaamarela #brasil #riodejaneiro #art #jrartist #my100cameras (at Morro da Providência)

[scottmbennett]

Our sixth and seventh class for the @100cameras Snapshot Project in Rio focused on taking portraits and shooting photos of other people in the community! We also spent time going through all of the photos that the group has taken up to this point in order to do a quick edit for the upcoming exhibition on Thursday, April 13 at Casa Amarela. It was great to see how far the group has come since the very first day (and how many photos they had to choose from for the edit). We will eventually get the very best photos for the exhibition, but this first step was a collaborative process in just choosing photos that would make the first cut. It was great seeing them praise and say no to both their own photos and the other members of the class. Having the students be aware that some of the photos they choose will eventually be sold on the @100cameras website and the funds raised will go directly to their own community is an empowering thought! I really loved it when they said...that photo is great, but I don’t think anyone would buy it! It just shows how much their critical eye has grown over the past month!

This collaboration between French artist JR’s non-profit CoFondation and @100cameras is a month-long course on photography and storytelling that gives the youth involved the chance to give back to their community through creative expression. It has been a blessing getting to know the students and some of the people in the neighborhood at Morro da Providência. Please feel free to follow along with us on this journey as the students learn and grow artistically!

If you are interested in donating to help fund this project, there are still many needs that we have to be able to do this. Just visit the following link to read more about the details of the project and to help us reach our campaign goal. There are only 6 days left, and I am at 47% of the funds raised for the campaign. Please consider helping, and feel free to contact me if you have any questions!

indiegogo.com/projects/100cameras-snapshot-project-rio-de-janeiro-brazil-photography-education/x/16028250#/

[scottmbennett]

Our third class for the 100cameras Snapshot Project in Rio was a success! We reviewed some composition techniques, and we are now learning about framing, emotion, exposure, motion, and telling a story with photos. I have been impressed with the improvement in photos in only three classes, and I’m sure that the students will continue to get better as they practice and learn. At first they were very interested in checking out the cameras, and taking a few photos...but now they are actually thinking about the photo that they want to make before doing it!  

This collaboration between French artist JR’s non-profit CoFondation will be a month-long course on photography and storytelling that gives the youth involved the chance to give back to their community through creative expression. It has been a blessing getting to know the students and some of the people in the neighborhood at Morro da Providência. We will be going on a few field trips to do more photos, so please feel free to follow along with us on this journey!

If you are interested in donating to help fund this project, there are still many needs that we have to be able to do this. Just visit the following link to read more about the details of the project and to help us reach our campaign goal. There are only 19 days left, and I am at 41%. Please consider helping, and feel free to contact me if you have any questions!

indiegogo.com/projects/100cameras-snapshot-project-rio-de-janeiro-brazil-photography-education/x/16028250#/

Since we talked about the short photo essay in the class, I will share one that I did about a group of people playing checkers. We talked about telling a story with one photo, and also using a group of photos to focus on a specific theme. Here are a few from the game of checkers.