The Las Fotos Project Nature: Double Exposed
Over the summer of 2011, Las Fotos Project conducted a series of workshops with youth in Girl Scout Troop 3111 focused on reconnecting with nature and exploring their imaginations and creativity through the medium of photography. Each student received an analog camera and one roll of 35mm film, as well as instruction and guidance on how to create photographs using a technique known as double exposure, in which film is exposed through the camera twice, creating unexpected juxtapositions and layered effects. The students photographed the natural world during a hike through Griffith Park, then reloaded the film and took the cameras home to document their friends, family, and community members. The resulting images depict loved ones intertwined with flowers, trees, and other natural forms. Students then used their double exposed photographs as inspiration during a Las Fotos Project Creative Writing Workshop and created haikus, acrostic poems, and imaginative titles for each of their favorite images. Nature: Double Exposed is a culmination of the girls’ photographs and self-expressive words.
Jackie Arnesen
“Adventure in the Wild”
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“Before Las Fotos Project I had never used a film camera before, only digital. This experience was really amazing I learned a lot of new things about photography and I really enjoyed doing this project. My favorite part about this experience was I was able to take the picture in a way that it could tell a story or it could get you thinking what does it really mean. All the pictures I took were not just pictures but a memory and a part of an experience I will never forget.”
- Jackie Arnesen, age 13 Montebello, CA
Carly Bravo
“peace is among us”
“Going to the museum was an interesting day not only cause I was going somewhere I haven’t been to but because we were able to take wonderful photos. There was so many things to take pictures of…I couldn’t decide what to take cause we were limited on pictures. I was surprised on how many ways there were to make pictures look different than others. I want to learn more ways to take better ones and hopefully go somewhere else to become a better photographer.”
- Carly Bravo, age 14
Monterey Park, CA
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