Tag: Photos

  • Monroe Clark Students Learn Photography Techniques

    By Julia Richardson Monroe Clark Middle School students have been exploring photo techniques such as repetition, rule of thirds, silhouettes and documentary photography through The AjA Project’s PhotoCity class. Students voted on their favorite photos to share with their peers and the local community. “Warrior Pose” by Angelita, age 11. “This picture shows my classmate,…

  • City Heights Youth Shed Light on San Diego’s Streetlight Problem

    Monroe Clark Middle School students chose to talk about how dark and unsafe their community feels for an after-school photography project led by The AjA Project. | Photo Credit: Kassandra, 13 By Megan Burks When Rosario Iannacone steps outside her father’s home after dark, she shudders with the memory of her close call with a…

  • Karen Youth Weave Together Home and Identity: Photos

    “My mum would teach me how to weave, and I get it the first time. But it is really hard to put the loop in place. I never get that right. And now that we (are) in America I thought I would never continue doing, but now I learn more about weave. Even though I…

  • AjA’s PhotoCity Class Wraps Up a Successful Year at Crawford

    By Jena Olson It’s the end of the school year and that also means the end of The AjA Project’s PhotoCity program at Crawford High School. Our students have not only created some fantastic pieces about their school and community, but they have also mastered new photography techniques and developed new skills they can use…

  • ‘Everyone Has a Chance to Succeed in City Heights’: Photo Essay

    By Jena Olson The AjA Project’s PhotoCity class at Crawford High School has spent the last couple of weeks using abstract photography to showcase the negative and positive aspects of socializing in City Heights. Fernanda, 16, captured two images that she felt represented the positive and negative sides to social life in her neighborhood. “I…