I really like photography. I mean anything to do with photography and when the chance came up for me to teach children what I love, I jumped in head first.  I recently volunteered with Silent Images to teach inner city and transitional children during a two month photography course.

Charlotte Through Our Eyes celebrates the photography skills of inner city and homeless youth in the Charlotte area. The exhibit, featured at The Levine Museum of the New South from September through December 2009, offers a fresh perspective on Charlotte as the children invite us to view the city through their camera lenses. Silent Images, a local non-profit organization, partnered with Nexus Church to teach photography to 20 inner city youth, many of whom are homeless. The children spent the summer capturing the beauty of the Charlotte and the struggles of poverty.

Here is some of the students work from their documentary assignment in North Davidson.

To see more of the childrens work visit the Silent Images blog.