Literacy Through Photography: An Exhibit of Pictures and Writing at Emily Krzyzewski Center

Summer 2008 LTP Institute

February 2008 Workshop







Literacy Through Photography: An Exhibit of Pictures and Writing at Emily Krzyzewski Center

Emily Krzyzewski Center, 904 W. Chapel Hill Street, Durham, North Carolina

On display through May 28, 2008

Opening Reception: April 28, 6–8 p.m.

Presented by the Literacy Through Photography program at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University in partnership with Club Boulevard Elementary School, Durham, North Carolina

The Literacy Through Photography (LTP) program challenges children to explore their world as they photograph scenes from their lives and use their images as catalysts for verbal and written expression. The scenes are framed around four thematic explorations: self-portrait, community, family, and dreams. LTP promotes an expansive use of photography across different curricula and disciplines, building on the information that children naturally possess and connecting them with broader perspectives and ways of communicating. Students furthermore gain new ways of viewing themselves and their communities.

LTP was launched in 1990 by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, working in collaboration with the Durham Public Schools. As part of the program, LTP staff members teach a multidisciplinary undergraduate course that includes a semester-long internship in the Durham Public Schools. During the spring of 2008 ten Duke students, along with six teachers at Club Boulevard Elementary School, carried out classroom-based LTP projects. More than 140 third- through fifth-graders participated. On display in this exhibition are their self-portraits, their community photographs, and their writings.

Participating Durham Teachers: Denise Baynham, Lisa Lord, Jennifer Medley, Stephen Mullaney, Erin Pattishall, Jennifer Triplehorn

Participating Duke Students: Shari Baker, Liz Brady, Anna Cassell, Teresa Cho, Priya Khatri, Jen Kozin, Lindsay Kunkle, Kaitlin Rogers, Michael Wood, Kathryn Wooten





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Summer 2008 LTP Institute
Wendy Ewald, Katie Hyde, Elena Rue

The Literacy Through Photography (LTP) Basic Workshop is open to anyone with a desire to learn how to bring together photography and writing. The workshop is appropriate for anyone seeking a collaborative approach to documentary work, or wanting to explore new approaches to documentary photography. Educators, artists, community workers, and researchers have adapted LTP methodologies in communities and schools around the world. This workshop is a wonderful opportunity to engage photography as an art form and educational medium, a mode of self-exploration, a way to connect visual literacy to verbal and written communication, and as a tool to facilitate community dialogue.

Throughout the week, participants receive hands-on instruction as they carry out assignments based on LTP’s core themes: self-portrait, community, and dreams. Participants will learn to process film and to print photographs in the darkroom. Both inexperienced and advanced photographers will have an exciting opportunity to creatively explore and produce their own work.

Workshop participants will learn the methods that LTP uses to teach creative writing and photography. Sessions focus on learning technical skills, viewing photographs, completing writing and photography exercises, and developing curricula. Participants will have an opportunity to discuss their own ideas for future projects. Individuals who have designed and successfully implemented their own LTP-inspired projects will also present their work to the group.

NOTE: Participants will be provided with cameras for each of their projects. Digital formats will NOT be supported for this workshop. (Limit 20)

If you are a professional interested in taking this class for CEUs, please contact Garry Crites at gjc3@duke.edu or (919) 684-3178.

This institute is full. To be added to the waiting list, please contact Duke Continuing Studies at (919) 684-6259 Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Date: Monday to Friday, August 4–8
8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. (30 hours)
Course fee: $720
Course ID: 11487

To register for this institute, contact Duke Continuing Studies by calling (919) 684-6259 Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. or visit their Web site at:

http://www.learnmore.duke.edu/weekend/courses


Wendy Ewald, who has worked with children in many countries and in various communities within the United States, is the founder and creative director of the Literacy Through Photography program at the Center for Documentary Studies. She has received numerous awards for her work with children and photography, among them fellowships from the Fulbright Commission and the MacArthur Foundation. Ewald has published nine books, most recently American Alphabets.

Katie Hyde has been involved with the Literacy Through Photography program since she studied with Wendy Ewald in 1998, and is currently the program’s director. She has traveled nationally to teach LTP workshops at major museums (e.g., The High Museum of Art in Atlanta and The Queens Museum of Art in New York), at schools, and with community organizations. She has also taught at Penland School of Crafts in Western North Carolina. Hyde earned her doctorate in sociology at North Carolina State University; her fieldwork has focused on recent Latino/a immigration in North Carolina, women’s activism in Russia, and girl’s education in rural Nepal. At Duke, she teaches an undergraduate course called Sociology Through Photography, and she collaborates with Wendy Ewald to teach a course focusing on children’s self-expression and race and gender issues within education.

Elena Rue is Literacy Through Photography’s Program Coordinator. She oversees the LTP program in the Durham Public Schools and helps lead LTP workshops. Before joining LTP, Rue worked as a documentary photographer for five years and has worked for several projects and programs at the Center for Documentary Studies. In 2006 she was a CDS Lewis Hine Documentary Fellow in Ethiopia.







Portraits and Dreams: Literacy Through Photography Workshop
Katie Hyde, Elena Rue

Discover the program created by photographer and teacher Wendy Ewald that encourages students to explore their world through photography. This workshop demonstrates ways to use photography and writing as a tool for increasing students’ critical thinking, self-expression, and personal involvement in school. By linking picture making, writing, and critical thinking, this workshop will help teachers make connections across the curriculum. Teachers will use photography to investigate self-portraiture and dreams, learn about LTP’s collaboration with Durham schools, and plan a project to implement in their own classrooms.

If you are a professional interested in taking this class for CEUs, please contact Garry Crites at gjc3@duke.edu or (919) 684-3178. (Limit 20)

Thursday & Friday, February 28 & 29
9 a.m.–4 p.m. (12 hours)
Course fee: $285 • Enroll by 2/14: $265
Course ID: 11440

To register for this institute, contact Duke Continuing Studies by calling (919) 684-6259 Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. or visit their Web site at:

http://www.learnmore.duke.edu/weekend/courses

Katie Hyde has been involved with the Literacy Through Photography program since she studied with Wendy Ewald in 1998. She currently directs the LTP program at the Center for Documentary Studies and travels nationally to teach LTP workshops at major museums, schools, and community organizations. She earned her doctorate in sociology at North Carolina State University and teaches visual sociology at Duke University.

Elena Rue is Literacy Through Photography’s program coordinator. She oversees the LTP program in the Durham Public Schools and helps lead LTP workshops. Before joining LTP, Rue worked as a documentary photographer for five years and has worked for several projects and programs at the Center for Documentary Studies. In 2006 she was a CDS Lewis Hine Documentary Fellow in Ethiopia.





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Photograph by Janet Stallard. From Secret Games: Collaborative Works with Children, 1969–1999 by Wendy Ewald.


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