El Barrio (The Neighborhood): The iConnect Southwood Youth Photography Project

Opening Reception: Friday June 5th 6-8pm at The Bridge PAI

Exhibition (in conjunction with the LOOK3 Festival Of The Photograph) through Saturday June 27th

During the Fall of 2008, the iConnect Photography Workshop taught basic digital photography skills to six students between the ages of 11 and 16 and then let them loose. Their goal was to visually record, interpret and generally tell the story of the place where they live, Southwood mobile home park in Charlottesville, Virginia.

This exhibition will showcase select images from El Barrio: The Neighborhood a book created for the iConnect Southwood Project. Copies of the book will be also be on display and for sale as part of this exhibition.