Sunday, February 14, 2016

The Way I See It
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"The Way I See It" is a selection of photographs made by Syracuse City School students in response to the street photography of Helen Levitt and others. Working in collaboration with Syracuse University's Photography and Literacy Project (PAL Project), students from Edward Smith School, South West Community Center, and Institute of Technology at Central were given cameras and asked to document their world. Classes met weekly with Syracuse University student mentors, and students viewed and discussed the work of Levitt and contemporary photographers, edited their photographs and discussed the elements of picture making. Above all, the students learned that the camera can be a tool to tell a story and give a voice — a voice that deserves to be heard.