Week 5 Damon Casarez

This term I am taking Non-Profit Photography with Pato Hebert. In this class, each student gets to work with and develop photography projects for one of the five local non profits that decided to participate in the class. I decided to work with Outward Bound Adventures. OBA is a Pasadena based org that works with at risk urban youth by developing their social and academic skills in the classroom and in the wilderness. The main goal of OBA is to bring these kids out into nature to gain a better awareness and appreciation for the outdoors while at the same time improving their academic/social skills. For my project, I proposed create a small series (3-5) of well lit, well composed, staged photographs that will show some of the most important aspects of the org. This photograph was not staged but was taken on our first meeting with some of the teens in the after school program. So far this has been an amazing, real world experience. I'm looking forward to working with them more and learning how non-profits work and how photography can be used in the non-profit world.