Community Project
ASÍ ME VEO
At first, I thought that the activity would be carried out with a fishermen’s cooperative in the Zapotalito lagoon, but when I arrived and began to talk, in their stories, the word tourism appeared all the time; –
Where are the fish? – There are no fish, now we all fight for the few tourists who come to take the boat to Chacahua. – All that was was no longer; everything we were is gone.
During the project, I was able to share my knowledge about photography to use it as a means of communication, but it is the exchange between what I could contribute and the stories, interests and needs that Melchor, Vicente, Alfredo, Gilberta, Karma, Hebert, Antonio, and Leonor contributed, which created the essence of the workshop, an exercise in reflection on their identity and their environment.
It was wonderful to go together in this process, where we talked about life, the past, and the present. We drew the scenes of what they were going to photograph so that, later, they traveled through their daily life with the camera, looking for the photos that would end up forming the story they wanted to tell and share with their community.
I ended up surprised by the stories that each one showed, and I understand that the community project is
an exchange that the original ideas are transformed from what each of the participants contributes.
At first, I thought that the activity would be carried out with a fishermen’s cooperative in the Zapotalito lagoon, but when I arrived and began to talk, in their stories, the word tourism appeared all the time; –
Where are the fish? – There are no fish, now we all fight for the few tourists who come to take the boat to Chacahua. – All that was was no longer; everything we were is gone.
During the project, I was able to share my knowledge about photography to use it as a means of communication, but it is the exchange between what I could contribute and the stories, interests and needs that Melchor, Vicente, Alfredo, Gilberta, Karma, Hebert, Antonio, and Leonor contributed, which created the essence of the workshop, an exercise in reflection on their identity and their environment.
It was wonderful to go together in this process, where we talked about life, the past, and the present. We drew the scenes of what they were going to photograph so that, later, they traveled through their daily life with the camera, looking for the photos that would end up forming the story they wanted to tell and share with their community.
I ended up surprised by the stories that each one showed, and I understand that the community project is
an exchange that the original ideas are transformed from what each of the participants contributes.
