For the past three weeks the PRC has been brimming with the resplendent sounds of the Summer Photo Camp! Fueled by their imagination, enthusiasm, and creativity (along with a steady flow of healthy snacks) our aspiring young photographers (8-14 years old) have been busy creating amazing images! During Camp the PRC’s galleries are transformed into multiple studios, photo editing stations, work and critique areas. The students spent their days shooting–both on location at the PRC as well as all around our surrounding neighborhoods. Once equipped with full memory cards they would confer with peers and teachers to select their best images, which they’d then edit and print at one of our Camp digital editing stations. Students also spent a great deal of time looking through photo books from the PRC’s Aaron Siskind Library for inspiration and ideas.

Our Photo Camp instructors did an amazing job inspiring our young students with a variety of fun, unique, and thoughtful activities! Led by educator Michelle Sheppard, the all star Camp team also included Leise Jones and Caleb Cole. I would like to thank them for their dedication, amazing passion, insightful instruction, and for creating such a supportive environment for the students.

The PRC would like to congratulate all of the students who participated in the 2008 Summer Photo Camp for their wonderful accomplishments! It was a pleasure to see all of their great work and we’re looking forward to what these art stars of tomorrow have in store.

Click here for more information on the PRC’s Summer Photo Camp. Or, check out this great story on Camp by Kimberly Cornuelle at BU Today. For a sampling of student work created during Camp, please visit our flickr page.

Image Credit: Students from the last week of Photo Camp pose for a quick photo before their opening reception. Photograph by Michael Christiano

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