Photo Project Lets Children Share Their Stories Hispanically Speaking News
go to original August 31, 2012

Earlier this year, students on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border began learning how to use a camera lens to tell a story.

A project called 20/20 FOTO: Cross Border Community Action is a youth photography workshop focused on technical, critical, and therapeutic storytelling. Taking place in El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Mexico, 20/20 FOTO is displayed as simultaneous exhibitions on either side of the border.

On the U.S. side of the project is Creative Kids in El Paso, while Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa participates in Juarez. The two groups of are made up of twenty students from communities affected by regional violence.

The project 20/20 FOTO will be one of the first institutional cross-border art programs between the two cities since violence in Juarez exploded.

Along 100 feet of the fence that separates the children is a growing number of photos taken by the children.

The young photographers on both sides of the border were given lessons on by the 20/20 FOTO team. However, the groups themselves are not partnered.

Recently, Pentax helped 20/20 with the donation of 20 cameras for the camera library.

The 20/20 FOTO is 2020FOTO team is Roberto Gomez, Neil Rivas, Claudia Marquez, Heidi Lubin and Maria Nunez.

Visit the 20/20 FOTO website

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