Focus: HOPE Student Photographers Share Their Visions Of Detroit

Focus: HOPE Student Photographers Share Their Visions Of Detroit After many months of adjusting their lenses, trekking around Southeast Michigan and brewing up photos in the darkroom and on computer screens, several Detroit high school students are now ready for their first big public photography exhibit. "They learn all the technical parts of photography, but also the the artistic techniques: the rule of thirds, using leading lines and perspective," she said. We wanted to promote that energy and the interest that people have," he said. "It's fabulous," said Kyohei Ave, director and chief curator of the DCCP gallery. The exhibit will feature more than 80 photos, drawing from the many styles explored in the Excel program: portraits, landscapes, street shots, architecture, commercial and abstract work. Annette Vanover, who manages Focus: HOPE's arts department, said the course teaches students to be professional photographers and to use the camera as an artistic tool. "You really find that a great deal of the students in the show express their emotions and point of view in the photography," she said, "And they're really excited about showing people how they feel about their world and the community around them. An experienced group of professional local mentors has given the program's current crew of 27 students an inside look at how the creative and photographic processes work. Ave said the exhibit supplies a fascinating look at how photographic works evolve over time. According to Vanover, the students have done a superb job channeling their newly-acquired expertise in the service of creativity. "It's not just showing the productive end. The classes often involve field trips to different shoot locations around the Detroit area. Excel students meet once or twice a week from October to June. The program, which is funded by a grant, started in October 2010 runs through May of this year, when it will wrap up with another show at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. Focus: HOPE Student Photographers Share Their Visions Of Detroit Trade News selected by Local Linkup on 31/03/2012