news: 'Project 360' Sketchbook – East London Arts education project on the UN rights of a Child

I'm keen to, if possible, give the participants of this project the opportunity to work with both analog and digital photography. The analog aspect of the project is not just a trip into the past but instead offers an opportunity for a new generation to experience the magic of the 'Darkroom' and understand something of the roots of the medium. There is something else also inherent in analog photography and that is the aspect of time and limitation. With only a few frames each, pupils must be more selective and sure of their moment in which to take the image. It demands the undivided concentration of the photographer, as they pinpoint what it is they need and what is important, for the images they wish to create. The limitation of analog can often help in guiding young practitioners to find this level of focus, were as digital on the other hand offers a freedom to explore ideas in which ever way they want, with little consequence with regards materials and costs.

The digital side of the project will take advantage of the opportunity to take many images, in fact I've the plan to capitalize on this by pushing the participants to create a sequence of images to envisage an idea presented as a mini flick book film. Add into the mix the freedom of photomontage and the creative possibilities could be very exciting.

Anyway, back to the development of the project as a whole, so below you will find some more scans of the latest pages from the projects sketchbook.

Photomontage could offer an creative freedom for the participants to realize their own ideas and visions.

Very exciting would be the possibility to create flick-book film viewers, although the actual mechanism  I'll have to build before hand due to the work and time involved.

Ideas on how to exhibit analog contact prints