Photo 101 at Escuela Avancemos Connects Students to Story Through Cameras

This summer Inside Southwest Detroit is working with Escuela Avancemos to offer Photo 101 to their summer program students as a way to strengthen visual literacy and photography skills.

Students are learning about photography and creative process as a “license to see”—to engage, document, and create in liberatory ways.

Alongside an introduction to the histories and practices in photography we are reading a novel and creating heart maps as a way of exploring concepts of self, community, and other.

Together we are printing a zine at the end of the summer to present a collection of the youth’s photography and discoveries. This keepsake will allow them to remember and share their work for years to come.