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Bros how is the going?
Quiet some time time. I hope all is well.
I am good only that life has been rather hectic … I have been spending my last week facilitating a photo workshop for some children titled My Eyes My World. Most of this children have escape thier families to seek refugees at the Notorious Kuramo beach. It is home for hoodlums, prostitutes etc.
For som of them even thought they are expose to various social vice they want to be there to carry on with the freedom from families they get there.
Many of these children live by the day with no hope of the future career.
The children were giving camera to document Kumaro where they live. I was keen to know how the world they live and perhaps intoduce to them photography as a way to capacity building.
At the end one of the children displayed great photography talent. He keep on telling he wants to be a photographer and he does not want to return to Kuramo. I felt so touched by this but sadly I dont have be means to provide him habour him. Do you have idea o any one or organisation that can help to take care of homeless children in Nigeria or around the world?
The works produced by the children was presented that the beach and it was quite fulfilling to see how people flocked around the works and engaging their self in various conversation concerning thier community and thinking what will be the way for may of children and inhabitants, engaging in social vices.
Just after this workshop. I had the chance hanging around some artist. There various issues talked about during this hanging out. But one that still sticked to my mind was the question of that mays a person a real artist. Is it an Artist making works for Money or the one making Art for the sake of it ?
I will like to know your take on this.
Thanks and hope to hear from you soon.
Hi Andrew, I am Adriana, participating in the dialogues from Colombia.
The project with the children sounds incredibly poetic, My eyes my world…
I am curious to see photos from this children, could you post some of them?
I believe faith in what one creates, leads the way and allows the road to open unexpectedly in front of your eyes, in spanish the word to create (crear) is very similar to the word to believe (creer). I honestly think that as long as you create something you must believe it will come its way…
The project, as you describe it, sounds fascinating and hard, but also full of love and hope.
Greetings from Colombia,
adriana