Another Approach

Additional approaches to Collaborative Photography.

Fig. 1: Taken by Jenna (age 10) 2019

Problem Solving.

Problem solving was the basis in the research conducted revolving around Kurdish migrant workers in London who were having work problems.  The object was understand the problems and how they attempted to solve them.  This was a good example of the leaders/ photographers learning to let go of control and preconceived ideas in order to let the participants 'voices' come through.  They learned to 'speak' with the lens of the camera (Hogate, Keles, and Kumarappan 2012).


Expression of Self and Relationship Building.

In the project titled, 'Thru the Lenz.' counseling / psychology graduate students collaborated with high school students in what they call a "participatory action research project."or a PAR where the participants document their lives with photography (Goessling and Doyle 2009).

"Thru the Lenz focused on photography as a way for teenagers to teach others about their lives and communities. Through a collaborative process, counseling psychology master’s level graduate students partnered with high school students to develop community relationships, exchange expertise and skills, and creatively express themselves to people in power," (Goessling and Doyle 2009). 


Figure 1. Image taken by Jenna (age 10) at our summer workshop, 2019.

GOESSLING, K.; DOYLE, C. 2009. Thru the Lenz: Participatory Action Research, Photography, and Creative Process in an Urban High School. Journal of Creativity in Mental Health. 4 (343–365). [online] Available at:  <http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.falmouth.ac.uk/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sih&AN=46837956&site=ehost-live>. [accessed July 2019].

HOLGATE, J.; KELES, J.; KUMARAPPAN, L. 2012. 'Visualizing “community”: an experiment in participatory photography among Kurdish diasporic workers in London'  Sociological Review,  60 (2) [online] Available at: <http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.falmouth.ac.uk/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sih&AN=76609129&site=ehost-live>. [accessed July 2019].