Digital Photography Afterschool Program

12 Feb 2009, 2:35 PM by UrbanArtsAdmin, High School

During the first semester of the digital photography club, we asked the question "what does it mean to be an artist?". This slideshow is a response to that question. It's a work in progress, so look for the final version in a couple of months

MS131-City Hall Senior Center Collaboration

10 Feb 2009, 8:17 PM by Alice, Intergenerational Projects

On January 22, MS131 Students took a field trip to the Brooklyn Bridge.  We photographed the bridge’s architectural details, lines and shapes, and the lights beginning to come up in the city during “golden hour”. We hope to go with the seniors to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens in the spring.

Ting Zhang, MS131

At 4:45p.m, this is a picture of Brooklyn Bridge in " Golden Hour".

It is beautiful because it is a memory of people who built up the bridge.

Ting Zhang MS131

At 4: 49p.m, it is a picture of a Brooklyn Bridge tower. 

It is cool that it shows the inside of the tower and it looks like an ancient castle. 

Ting Zhang, MS131

 At 4:50p.m, the American flag is on top of the Brooklyn Bridge tower.

it is a symbol that America is an independent nation.

Jing Li, MS131

The Manhattan bridge and the East River are beautiful looking from the Brooklyn Bridge in January, 2009. The light is beautiful when it's almost dark outside. The color of the sky is blue, a little pink, and a little bit of orange. 

Shan Shan Lin, MS131

This picture of the Brooklyn Bridge is beautiful, the  time  is  2009, January. I took the  

picture because the boat is very big.

MS131-City Hall Senior Center Collaboration

06 Feb 2009, 2:10 PM by Alice, Intergenerational Projects

The photo program at MS131 has been collaborating with the City Hall Senior Center, posing the question “What is your first memory of New York?” Both the seniors and the students answered, and these are some of their memories:

“My first time in NY it was noisy with a lot of people, everybody busy, The city was so dirty…But in the night NY was so enjoyable!  The Brooklyn Bridge, the cars all turned their lights on…everything just like in the movies!”  -Cheng Cheng Zhou, MS131 student
 

"When I first came to NY, everything was fresh and interesting.  Reading English was ok for me, but speaking English was so difficult.  Then I went to learn English.  Daytime, I worked.  At night I went to study English.  Every night I got home at 11pm.  Finally I got used to living in the U.S."

-Senior at City Hall Senior Center

The Night

The sun was gone,

the darkness covered the city.

The lights went on,

the day was over.

The memory of the first day

flashed in my mind:

sitting on the plane,

looking at the dark night.

It was quite beautiful.

By Denise M. (8th Grade, M.S. 131 After-School Photography Class) 

More Clinton Senior Center

05 Feb 2009, 5:38 PM by alissa, Intergenerational Projects

Photographs from the first semester:

Josh shows Voni how to use the cameras

Learning to use the cameras

Portrait of our assistant director!

Clinton Senior Center Projects

05 Feb 2009, 5:25 PM by alissa, Intergenerational Projects

Students from Facing History HIgh School and the Clinton Senior Center, in Hell's Kitchen, worked together to create photographs that illustrate stories about their past and future. Each person chose a story from their past and a hope for their future to depict in a photograph.

Millie:

Memory: Millie remembered graduating from elementary school. She was very proud and her family gave her a bouquet of flowers.

Future: "I will be a millionare"

Mark:

Past: Mark remembered a memory from his childhood in Switzerland. While taking a long bike trip with his friends, Mark caught a ride up a mountain pass by holding on to the back of a truck. The rest of his friends did not see this happen and when they arrived at their destination hours after him, they thought he was a bike riding champion. To this day, he has never told them how he got up the mountain so quickly!

Future: Mark would like to study economics.