Framing Hope: Refugee Children in Jordan Explore Analogue Photography

LOMOGRAPHY MAGAZINE (5/2/2019)

Forced to flee war with their families and to leave their homes, Iraqi and Syrian youth living in Jordan saw their childhood disrupted by displacement. But their photos still manage to capture the beauty that surrounds them: olive trees, smiles, flowers, and rays of light.

In the autumn of 2018, eighteen children aged between 12 and 17 participated in workshops aimed at stimulating creative expression among refugee communities in Jordan’s capital, Amman. The teens learned to use analogue cameras and to develop and print film in 3-week workshops organized by Collateral Repair Project (CRP), a non-profit organization assisting refugees in Amman, and Darkroom Amman, a project which aims at promoting analogue photography across Jordan (…)

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Photo-essay with the results of the 3-week workshops organised with Collateral Repair Project and Darkroom Amman in Jordan between October and December 2018. The materials were donated by Lomography.