Photography exhibition celebrating autism

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Over the summer, I arranged a photography project with young people on the spectrum, using photography as a medium to celebrate their differences and share with a public audience. I gave them a camera each and asked them to share their interests.

It was scary being the organizer and having others rely on me to make decisions. But seeing the excitement these kids had throughout the project was inspiring.

I hope by sharing this link to view the exhibition of their images, titled Taking Interest, might delight others in this forum. Please visit the photography exhibition soon, as the show is only temporary.

insitegallery[dot]com <<<I'm not active enough on this forum to share direct web links.

PS. The site is one I manage myself and curate a revolving program to display the work of different photographers. Sorry for the self plug

For convenience: http://www.insitegallery.com/myportfoli ... -interest/

Thanks!

Sure, my pleasure. Nice photos.

I like the robot of yours. It has some interesting-looking textures.

The boys took those photos. I cannot remember what he called that toy. But I agree with you, I liked those images as well.

What kind of cameras did you give them? they had a Holga-like quality to them. It was interesting to see the points of view that they all used. Most of them just stood and shot straight ahead. Some looked into hidden corners, like the garden art and the wildflowers. Some told a story, like the robot battle.

Did you put them into any particular order? Why didn't you keep ones by the same person all together? I think it would show more of the individuality and creativity of the kids. And did any of them have any photography knowledge? I'm just curious about that.

Haha, I'll try to answer all your questions in order...

I gave them standard disposable cameras. It's interesting what you said about the Holda-like quality. I'll have to share that. I tried to break up the groups of pics because as you can see some cameras had more pics that developed and I wanted to create a kind of flow with the work. This way didn't isolate anyone and gave a more collective feel.

And no they did not have any photography experience which I find the most fascinating because some of the pictures they took are like my work.