KIDS WITH CAMERAS

Zana Briski, booksigning at the Photoplus fair in New York. Earlier in the day she held a seminar about her project "Born into Brothels" that has helped save kids in Cacuttas red light district from an uncertain future in the streets.

Her project touched me deeply and I wish I had the strength and willpower to do something like that.
Now she has started "Kids with Cameras".

"Kids with Cameras is a non-profit organization that teaches the art of photography to marginalized children in communities around the world. We use photography to capture the imaginations of children, to empower them, building confidence, self-esteem and hope."
website: www.kids-with-cameras.org

On this website you can read about the kids from Calcutta and how you can contribute to the project.
One of the children a little girl called Shanti , 11 at the time says this about Zana.

Shanti, 11

"Zana Auntie teaches us so well that everything goes into our brain. We like doing photography so much that we forget to do our work!"

This is a presentation of Shanti on the website.

Shanti, 11, lives with her brother, Manik and their mother. She likes to photograph her family, but she like to use a video camera even more. Shanti filmed one of the classroom scenes in Born into Brothels.
Hope you visit their website.
www.kids-with-cameras.org

JM