Girl with Blue Waxbills
Girl with Blue Waxbills
Pensive Portraits
Working in a prevocational school as a Librarian and Art Teacher, I come in close contact with students who come there with baggage and then feelings of inadequacy for being there, and not in a “normal” school gets added to their already bleak outlook on themselves.
As if this is not enough, they are often stigmatised as to being different slow or even stupid. It is very difficult to change people’s perspective once they have made up their minds about something.
In this series I strive to show that in meeting any of these students in public, one can never guess where they are from or where they were educated. They are just like anyone else who deserves respect and a place in the sun.
There are so many success stories to be told…
I’ve often had photo shoots with students interested in participating in my art projects. For their privacy, I will never use their real names, and they have long ago left our school.
Size : 840mm x 1200mm
R8000,00