Saturday was the first day of the much anticipated photography class. Out of our initial list of 16 students we had 8 show up, which is a good turnout for the first class, on a Saturday afternoon. Several of the kids who weren’t there had previous committments, so we’re hoping for an even stronger showing this weekend for Class #2. Still waiting on my computer cable from the local MAC store here to use my Mac to project images, so we used Danielle’s computer and the CODENI projector which worked wonderfully.
Many thanks go out to our volunteers who showed up and even broght their own photos and ice-breaker exercises to share with the students. We’re very anxious to receive the cameras in a few weeks from Listen to My Pictures, and I heard today that they’ve all been ordered. Thanks to volunteer Jorge Hernandez who bought great enthusiasm and a fun icebreaker where we cutout T-shirts and wrote our promises for the class. Everyone shared their promises to come on time, work hard, and honor and protect the equipment.
Newspaper photographer Humberto Muñiz from Público shared his amazing photographs from documentary projects on people living in the streets of Guadalajara with the children, as well as made a great explanation on the fundamentals of true documentary work, which is what the kids will be doing once they get the cameras in hand soon. He even told us that there was interest from the newspaper to publish the kids’ work at the end of the course.
At the end we spent a half hour using my three cameras to shoot portraits of each other and a few of two guys sitting on the stoop next door drinking Squirt and rubbing alcohol while playing their guitar.
Muchas gracias a los voluntarios, Jorge Hernádez, un licensiado receiente de UdG, y Humberto Muñiz, un fotógrafo profesional del periodico Público. Espero que ellos pueden asistir en las siguentes clases y los traeremos otros voluntarios también. Los dos vienen con mucha experiencia, ideas y energía para ayudar los niños. Vamos a reunirnos cada Sábado a las 16:00 en la oficina de CODENI en calle Camarena 336. Estoy emocionado por las siguentes clases, y muchas gracias a Jorge y Humberto por la ayuda.
