A returned Peace Corps volunteer put me in contact with
Arturo, a Colombian-American professional photographer living in Boston. His plan
was to return to Colombia to do a photography project with impoverished youth. After a few months in
contact with him, he finally arrived to Cartagena, thereafter giving cameras to
ten of my students.
The ultimate aim of the "Inside Out Cartagena" photography project was
to expose the faces of leaders from the inner-neighborhoods of the city,
simultaneously giving a voice to the youth who took their pictures. My students
were instructed to think of leaders in their communities, people who combat and
defy problems on a daily basis, and take their picture. After printing the pictures,
we gathered in the historic/touristic/wealthy area of Cartagena, or the City
Center, and walked around with the photographs, finally finishing at Cuidad Movil,
an art and cultural center, where the pictures were exhibited for the following
week.
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