International Center of Photography at the Point.

Summer is on its way so I decided to do a little promoting for one of the New York City's best kept photography secrets. The International Center of Photography runs summer programs for children to learn the art of classic photography. By classic I mean black and white darkroom printing!! Remember the days of water running, fixer stains and hanging your prints to dry? Well if you have a middle or high school child that wants to try his or her hand at it then this might just be the way.

The Point is a community development center in the south Bronx, Hunt's Point, neighborhood. ICP teams up with them in order to give children who might not normally be exposed to this kind of art a chance to try out photography for free.

I helped teach there last summer and found it a most rewarding experience. In fact, that experience is part of the reason why I'm currently working towards a teaching certification for the NYC public school system.
I've included some photographs to give a visual sense of what this program is all about.


I'd like to thank Melanie Diaz, ICP Program Manager at the Point for working really hard to put this program together. If you want to get more information about the summer classes being offered the number is 718-542-4149.