KIDS WITH CAMERAS : PEOPLE AND PLACES – A Photo Exhibition
Kids with Cameras, the fourth annual Human Relations Council Santa Monica Bay sponsored summer project for local youths will celebrate its finale on August 29, 2012 at 6:00pm at Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Avenue, G Building corridor, in Santa Monica.
The evening program will feature a reception and a photo exhibit with Santa Monica Fire Chief Scott Ferguson as the Emcee.
Focusing on the People and Places of Santa Monica, the six week workshop in photojournalism took the twenty Middle School youth recruited from Police Activities League, Boys and Girls Club and Santa Monica Family YMCA, to Santa Monica Fire Department’s training facility, Palisades Park with Police K 9 Unit, Annenberg Beach Club, Third Street Promenade with a focus on street performers and public art, Museum of Flying and Santa Monica Pier/Palisades Park.
The summer workshop was led by photo mentors Fabian Lewkowicz, Nick Steers and Charles Haskell and the Committee is co-chaired by Santa Monica Fire Department Chief Scott Ferguson and Donna Gentry, Gentry Group.
The fundamental objective of the summer workshops was to provide local kids with an opportunity to explore and appreciate the beauty and diversity of Santa Monica, says Human Relations Board Chair professor Jody Priselac, Executive Director of UCLA’s Center X.
“The photographs they took demonstrate the students’ amazing creativity and talent. We are so proud of what they have accomplished.â€
The Human Relations Council is a partnership of local community organizations, individuals, institutions, and business endeavors to promote and support a respectful and socially just community through education, advocacy and resolution of local conflicts and issues.
