06 2 / 2012
The life of urban youths seen through a pinhole
AF Chicago is proud to introduce its newest grantee: Paco Barba.
Paco is a photographer who plans to use handmade images of urban life in a cultural exchange between youths in the the US and Brazil. Collaborating with local youth centers, Paco will offer workshops that teach kids in underprivileged neighborhoods, how to make pinhole cameras out of recycled materials (cans, matchboxes, soap boxes, etc.), how to shoot images, and how to develop the film themselves. The kids and young adults will then be invited to share aspects of their everyday lives with their counterparts on the other side of the equator in handcrafted photographs, postcards from strangers in a far-away place. The images will then be shown in exhibits both here and in Brazil.
In Chicago, Paco will collaborate with Yollocalli Arts Reach in Pilsen, and the Awesome Foundation is delighted to support the project with a $1000 grant that will cover the necessary materials.
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