April 25, 2008

NEWS / PROJECTS / PHOTOGRAPHY: Rwandan and Liberian youths capture images of their lives at 'Eye See III' workshop

Rwandan and Liberian youths capture images of their lives at 'Eye See III' workshop

By Michael Bociurkiw

NEW YORK, USA, 24 April 2008 – Each equipped with a camera and a unique perspective, dozens of children in Rwanda and Liberia recently spent a week with internationally renowned photographer and frequent UNICEF contributor Giacomo Pirozzi for a series of training workshops called ‘Eye See III’.

The idea for the UNICEF-supported Eye See workshop series originated in Pakistan after the October 2005 earthquake there, with an initial focus on documenting children’s experiences in displacement camps. The goal of the workshops is to teach children photography and provide them with a fun, compelling tool with which to capture the images of their lives.

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