Eva, Grecia & Kimmy. By David Blumenkrantz

POWERPOINTS
The Way We See It
(all of the student and teacher work)

Photo Club Sampler

(condensed version)

"In Our Own Words"

(writing component)

Collaborations

(photos taken in the students' homes by students and instructor)


Cuernavaca, Mexico, 1955.
Treasures
(photos from students' family photo albums)




By Nathan Alexander


By Karla Vega


By Valeria Caceres


By Grecia Vasquez


Nathan Alexander and his mom. By David Blumenkrantz


Grecia Vasquez and Karla Vega, at the opening of their photography exhibit in CSUN's West Gallery. December, 2002.
By David Blumenkrantz


A proud Mr. Lobos, with the portrait his daughter Jennifer made of him, at the exhibition opening.


J250 | J350 | J450 | J455 | MFAMA Thesis

M.A., ART EDUCATION
"Photographic Representation in Art Education"



Kittridge St. Elementary School Photography Club

THE WAY WE SEE IT
was a collection of black & white, color, and digitally altered images made by myself and a group of students I taught at a typical public school in the San Fernando Valley.


Vanowen St., North Hollywood. By Jesus Lasoya

W
hat began as an LAUSD-mandated "differentiated curriculum," written for students in the Gifted and Talented (GATE) program, evolved into a two-year exploration of the role photography can play as an educational tool in a method of teaching that is community-oriented, and decidedly student/parent friendly.


By Jesus Lasyoa



By Carlos Ruiz



By Karla Vega

THESIS CONTENTS

  • Dedication and Acknowledgments
  • ABSTRACT (word document)
  • BODY
    • FAMILY PORTRAIT: Photography as a Democratic Art Form
    • FORMATIVE THOUGHT PROCESSES
    • ON LIBERAL GUILT, SCOPOPHILIA, AND VOYEURISM
    • EDUCATION AND PHOTOGRAPHY: A BRIEF HISTORY
    • THE RUSKIN FACTOR
    • LEWIS HINE'S TRUTH
    • FROM KODAK TO DIGITAL: PHOTOGRAPHY FOR ALL
    • PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE CLASSROOM
    • THE WAY WE SEE IT: THE KITTRIDGE STREET ELEMENTARY PHOTO CLUB
    • SOCIAL STUDIES COMPONENT
    • COLLABORATIONS: BRINGING THE CAMERA HOME
    • TREASURES: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE FAMILY ALBUMS
    • THE PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION AS A CULMINATING PROJECT
    • POSTSCRIPT: WORKING WITHIN THE LAUSD
  • REFERENCES (Works Cited)
  • Goals and Objectives (original curriculum)


    By Kimmy Limon


  • Sisters Against Osama. By David Blumenrkantz
© 2005 David Blumenkrantz