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Children as Photographers
July 18, 2011
I firmly believe that only by examining myself very deeply, facing my fears, being vulnerable and sharing with people who also have a story to tell can I be successful in this path of transformation that I have begun.
-Olga Lacayo, in Stories of Resistance
-Olga Lacayo, in Stories of Resistance
"A first step in guiding the children in our class towards intentional photography was to suggest frames for the children’s investigations. On one occasion, we took a walk around the school, asking the children to take pictures of interesting points on the walk. As we walked, we passed another teacher. The group paused momentarily while the two teachers spoke. Upon reviewing the photographs, I found a picture of our feet during this pause. This gave me a view from the child’s perspective. What for me had been an inconsequential pause during our walk, for the child it had been an important moment. She had not photographed our faces, which makes me think it was not our conversation that had interested her; rather it was the positioning of our feet that caught her attention. Was she looking at the language of our bodies? Did she feel this was an important moment because the feet had stopped?"
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Children notice shoes. Once when I was teaching a preschool class, one of the boys who always sat up front said, "You always wear the same shoes." He was right, but I never realized someone was noticing!
ODU Child Development Center
Norfolk, VA, United States
While teaching in a 3-year-old classroom, I created a photography unit based on the children's interests and their constant "need" to see the pictures I was taking with my own camera. We did a very similar activity, in which I gave disposable cameras to the children and we ventured out on a "photography walk." It was amazing to see how the children see the world around them. The most memorable pictures were the pictures that the children had taken of me! I happened to be 7-months pregnant at the time and all their shots were of my belly down!
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