LIGHTS! CAMERA! DRAWING!

The content of the workshops originated from artist Ralph Juergen Colmar's Summer Residency project at Watershed in 1998. Ralph was making site specific narratives, sketching and drawing with light to create a cinematic journey into the environment around him. These processes were used in a series of experimental photography workshops with young people from INCLUDE which began in April 1999.

The workshops encouraged young people without previous technical experience to draw and write using torch light and a camera. Iimages were made using colour film and the negatives were then mounted and projected, with a sound track, to produce a multimedia presentation. Young people were responsible for production of images, editing and sequencing of slides. Results of each workshop were viewed by participants, group leaders and funders in the Cinema.

A further series of workshops in May 2000 produced a web site using images from the photography workshops. The aim is to raise the profile of creative work made by young people excluded from mainstream education by publishing online in order to reach a wider audience.

KEY SKILLS

  • Visual and creative skills - drawing and photography
  • Problem solving - creating photographic images from a drawing
  • Technical skills - use of camera
  • Teamwork and communication - image making, editing and sequencing
  • IT skills - image scanning and manipulation using Photoshop

CREDITS

Young people were: Jamie Bailey, Lewis Bartholomew, Ben Barrett, Nicky Bryant, Michelle Davies, Rob Drewitt, Nicky Doyle, Stevan Fitton, Ben Foster, Samantha Hemmings, Rob Hodge, Kevin Jones, Selina Martin, Neil Powell, Mark Ramzan, Lee Sage, Junior Saunders, Dean Simmonds, Sam Tripney, Philip Williams, Nigel Wood, Norman Young,

Photography workshops were facilitated by Ralph Juergen Colmar, and cofacilitated by volunteers Ananda Cresswell, Paul Nicholls, Rowena Dugdale, Tom Milner and Ellen Turner. Rowena Dugdale facilitated the digital workshops and web site construction. Financial support was made available by Lois Thorn at Learning partnership West.

Watershed staff were Ruth Jacobs, Education Coordinator, and Tom Milner, Trainee IT technician.

INCLUDE Project Managers were Gary Mullen, Sarah Pritchard, Tom Vodden, Richard Cormack, Claire Millard and Tony Eccles.

The project was funded by Learning Partnership West and Halifax plc.