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San Francisco, CA 94105-4104
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First Exposures: Help us send six young photographers to Ghana The benefit fundraiser at 111 Minna was a great success!
First Exposures (FX) is a unique mentoring/photographic education program for young
people sponsored by SF Camerawork.
Youth Opportunities through Photography
PHOTO PROJECT
this summer for a life-changing experience. Donate now!
Here our First Exposures students thank you for your donation.
If you haven't yet contributed, donate now!
By Robert Lima, age 16. This image was made during FX Color Class, Summer 2004.
Students ages 11 - 18 are recruited from local agencies serving young people with backgrounds of foster care, homelessness or low-income living situations.
Mentors are photographers with a commitment to youth empowerment
through education.
Our goal is not only to help develop a creative outlet for our
students to express themselves in a safe and supportive environment,
but also to encourage them to grow and become articulate, confident,
and responsible young adults.
Please visit our current student gallery.
First Exposures: One Family Under the Same Sky, a public billboard project is currently on display in San Francisco and San Jose.
First Exposures field trip to SLAP magazine, Spring 2004. Photo by Joe Brook
"Working with a mentor gives me more knowledge than I get working alone. It allows me to get information and try new things and get help with things I may need to get help with. I can get "feed-back" about pictures I have taken and get to talk to someone about more than photography
sometimes."
First semester student, age 13
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