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First Exposures: 14 JUNE - 31 JULY FIRST EXPOSURES / GHANA YOUTH PHOTO PROJECT Read about six First Exposures students'
First Exposures (FX) is a unique mentoring/photographic education program for young
people sponsored by SF Camerawork.
Youth Opportunities through Photography
FIRST EXPOSURES EXHIBITION
You Must Be Mistaken: Photographs by First Exposures
SF Public Library Teen Center, 100 Larkin Street
Free to the public
Schoolboys in Nima playing soccer
Photo by: Bethany Castro, First Exposures Student
experiences with youth in Ghana during their
three-week trip this summer.
http://firstexposures.blogspot.com/
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By Robert Lima, age 16. This image was made during FX Color Class, Summer 2004.
Students ages 11 - 18 are recruited from local agencies serving young people with backgrounds of foster care, homelessness or low-income living situations.
Mentors are photographers with a commitment to youth empowerment
through education.
Our goal is not only to help develop a creative outlet for our
students to express themselves in a safe and supportive environment,
but also to encourage them to grow and become articulate, confident,
and responsible young adults.
Please visit our current student gallery.
First Exposures: One Family Under the Same Sky, a public billboard project is currently on display in San Francisco and San Jose.
First Exposures field trip to SLAP magazine, Spring 2004. Photo by Joe Brook
"Working with a mentor gives me more knowledge than I get working alone. It allows me to get information and try new things and get help with things I may need to get help with. I can get "feed-back" about pictures I have taken and get to talk to someone about more than photography
sometimes."
First semester student, age 13
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