Listen to My Pictures – Photo Show June 24 7:30pm
Listen to My Pictures – Foto Class – Guadalajara, Mexico from Josh Meltzer on Vimeo.
Just finished putting together this video story about the kids that are in my photo class. We have our final show opening at the Museo Regional tomorrow, Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. in Guadalajara, México.
CODENI Piñata Party
Today was the posada (holiday party) for CODENI, where nearly all of the kids and their families gathered at a restaurant downtown to celebrate the end of the year, receive certificates and finally break down a piñata.
We have one more week in Mexico before returning to “middle North America” for a few week vacation to see family and friends, and have a lot to do before heading home.
Clase de Fotografia
Maria Madrigal teaches Efrain basic photography.
IMAGE GALLERY As part of the CODENI summer activities program, photographer Maria Madrigal spent the past two weeks working with a half dozen students teaching the basics of photography. I hope to continue her work through my year here with the help of Listen to My Pictures for financial support for equipment.
Arrival in Guadalajara
I arrived in Guadalajara with three shoes...hmmm.
I arrived safely in Guadalajara on 08-12-08 and have been staying at the house of Danielle Strickland, who is one of the directors of CODENI, an NGO based in Guadalajara, with whom I will be working on several documentary projects throughout the Fulbright year here.
The past two days 08-13/14-08 have been great, justing getting a chance to both wonder around the city and shadow some of CODENI’s activities including the end of a two week mini photo workshop, run by Los Angeles-based photographer Maria Madrigal, and tagging along with a field-trip to the Museo de Zapopan, where there was a wonderful exhibit of Swiss photographers. Several of the students who were part of the camera workshop over the past two weeks told me they got a lot of ideas for their own photo projects from what they saw.
Today is the culmination of the summer activities that CODENI puts on, which have included dance, photography, drumming, arts, and sports. There will be a celebration of the end of summer and start of the 2008-09 school year, which begins on Monday, 08-18-08.
I have run into many families and children on the streets whom I remember from my visit here in March 2007, which has been wonderful, including Ismael, a child whom my parents have sponsored through AHALA.