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Through the eyes of........

The County Arts Service worked in partnership with Social Services and the Asylum Seekers Project (ASP) to create 'Through the eyes of....' The project was funded by the Social Services Arts Grant.

14 young men from Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan participated in a photographic project. The young men worked with professional photographer and journalist Dawn Sumner to develop their photography skills (studio and outdoor).
The group visited Stratford, Compton Verney, Leamington and Leamington Art Gallery and Museum and produced a collection of studio and location portraits from which they chose 30 shots, which they curated and exhibited at the Hope Centre in Coventry. The work has also been developed into a 3-minute film that was exhibited in the Leamington Art Gallery & Museum during February 2006 as part of the permanent Portrait Exhibition.

The photographs have been toured to libraries in Warwickshire and the County Records Office in October 2006 as part of Black History Month. The young men learnt new skills and benefited from the opportunity to socialise and work together.
Image from the Through the eyes of... Exhibition












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