School
Schools are where people learn to read and write but also where cultures pass on values to their children. I will photograph how schools reflect our common experiences as people and the gaps they reflect between us in our global society.
Each day, billions of children go to school. For many it is a right of passage that is merely endured. For others, the weight of families and communities are on their shoulders as they desperately try create a new future for their families. Some schools give their students access to the latest cutting edge technology. Other schools are not more than a shady spot under a tree where students write in the dirt. Despite the wide disparity of resources and educational value some things are common through out. There are children, teachers, and dreams of the future. By photographing schools worldwide I hope to to show what is a common experience among billions of us as well as what is unimaginable to so many.
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Hey Kevin! If you're ever in the MD area, let me know. I'd love to see your work. I love photography, but never took the time to "study" it. Good Luck! - Jamie (Prather) Schardt
So many problems in our Schools I think that would be a great assignment You have my Vote Please Vote For Me
Best of luck- this is a wonderful idea ")
Wonderful idea, you never cease to amaze me.
You once said children in remote, poverty-stricken areas you had taught in were eager students and some could be anything they wanted if only given the chance. Your dream assignment would illustrate the universal principle that children everywhere deserve to reach their full potential. Good luck! JR
This is such an important project, I could write an essay about why everyone should vote for your idea. But instead I'll vote for you and make sure everyone I know does as well.
Great assignment. The insight one could attain from viewing a wide and diverse breadth of school settings would be quite valuable. You have my vote!
Great idea Kevin...if you win you can visit my school anytime!
Hope life has been treating you well..it's been a while since MICA..still teaching?
Very cool. Please, check me out too when you've got the time.
This is a great Idea! Check mine out too and if you like it...return the vote! Mine is about exposing a fatal conflict taking place in the Congo.
Good ideas like yours that are not in the Top 100 are nearly impossible to find. This is unfair as many great ideas are hidden. Those of us in the “Sub-100” should work together to promote the best projects of the Sub-100 so that they can be in the Top 100 and be seen. Please vote for best Sub-100s!
So little attention is paid to our crumbling educational systems. Good luck. I'm voting for you. Feel free to return the favor and vote for my project to document political upheaval, land seizures and rights abuses in Zimbabwe.
You have my vote, If you get the chance, check out my dream "From Australia With Love" and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE vote for it!
Thanks.
-Adam
I vote for you, you vote for me. Let's all do this and see how it turns out. It is hard to compete with networked people at 400 votes otherwise. Let's do it!