Mentoring, photo style

by Pedro by Kevin
by Kevin by Sacha
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Yesterday we went down to Silver Lake to mentor some children on how to take photos.
I got to teach Sacha, Pedro and Kevin how to photograph.
Pedro wanted to take photos "from that tree," "from that person" and "from you."
I realized through the day that he meant of that tree, of that person and of me.

Pedro was so excited to get to hold a camera and to take a photograph. He was so excited to play with me, a visitor coming to know him.

We weren't allowed to take any photos of the children, to protect them. That is difficult. To not be allowed to take photos of our subjects proves to be more and more difficult and quite frankly, annoying.
I want to tell the stories of students in the DR, but I want to show them, all of them, their spirits, their faces and their hearts.

Half of the kids photos had to be erased since they wanted to take the pictures of their friends, but their eyes are still there, peering into the camera, trying to share what they know to be true.