Last week, Jaime challenged youth in our Wicked Truth program and the Youth Advisory Board to introduce themselves using “I am From…” poems and illustrative photographs. Each participant used a digital SLR camera, equipped with editing tools and guided by basic composition parameters. Their debuts were stunning: sincere, artistic, funny, heartfelt, urban, and international….
We will feature the work of several individual students on the blog in the coming days. Here, a sample of what is to come:
I am from Chicago
From parks and family reunions
I am from the sand on the beach
I am from cookies and creme
I am from liars and cheats
Now you see where I’m from
The places where everybody says I’m done…
Jaime consults with a student on her photos.
Some of the guys listening in on a performer.
Jaime gives “snaps” for one of the poems (instead of clapping, since this is slam poetry!)
A sample of instruction booklet Jaime and Jose made for our budding photographers
