Photography and Social Engagement

Collaboration between undergraduates of the BA (Hons) photography course and Stockport Homes has resulted in yet another huge success. This year students have been working on two social projects. 

The York Street project involved working with elderly tenants in the Edgeley Area of Stockport. The project involved the students teaching the tenants over a series of six two-hour sessions how to use digital cameras and provide tuition on the basic principles of photography. The project resulted in a published book of photographs made by the elderly tenants guided by four photography degree students.

 
The second project involved a separate group of students from the course working with young people living in the Brinnington area of Stockport. The Youth Forum wants to promote positive action in the area which faces a number of social challenges. 

Students learned to work with members of the Forum over a number of sessions to work towards producing a book of photographs which represents their environment and their eventual realisation that the area offers some exceptional natural spaces.