Student photography exhibit on display at the Oak Bluffs library.
There is a beautiful photography exhibition at the Oak Bluffs library that exudes creativity. Not surprising, really, as the entire wall is covered with nearly 200 photographs taken by students, grades 5 to 11, from the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School and the Island Autism Group. All the work serves as expressions of their inner spirit. Their authenticity makes for a powerful experience.
“Learning to Look” came about through the photography classes Melissa Knowles teaches using mindful photography, a way of looking at the world with purpose, and training us to look outward and inward, giving attention to our surroundings and the quality of our responses to them. But it is not just the young people behind the lens who learn to look carefully, but we as viewers of the show. Walking from left to right, I began at the top of every one of the 16 columns, looking down at the nine prints in each.
