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What Eye See

"I really enjoyed taking the phographs, and I hope we have more things to do like that in the future!" Louise, 14 yrs old. Photography has never been so fun!

What Eye See is a photo project realised by the collaboration between Surrey Museums (Julie Ellis), Waverley Youth Project (Anife Faria) and Moira Blackwell (professional photographer). The project started in the end of May 2002: young people learnt using a camera and took pictures all around... It was a good way to make boys and girls think about their environnment, and to have fun too! Working together over the summer term, the group presented their exhibition at the Farnham Museum from 31st July to 13th August 2002, with a Grand Opening attended by the Mayor of Waverley amongst others. Meridian TV were present and they produced a a short piece for their early evening news broadcast. The name for the exhibition was created by the young people of the Farnham group, which summed up exactly the project's objective: showing Farnham through the eyes of the young people!You can also read Louise's thoughts . Louise is 14 and she was one of the young photographers taking part in the What Eye See project.

Photography has become a household word and a household want; is used alike by art and science, by love, business, and justice; is found in the most sumptuous saloon, and in the dingiest attic--in the solitude of the Highland cottage, and in the glare of the London gin-palace in the pocket of the detective, in the cell of the convict, in the folio of the painter and architect, among the papers and patterns of the millowner and manufacturer, and on the cold brave breast on the battle-field.
Lady Eastlake, 'Photography', Quarterly Review, 1857

(text from National Museum of Photography website)

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