Teen photo project captures alcohol's influence

Photograph by: Submitted photo, courtesy Saskatchewan Prevention Institute.

jfrench@thestarphoenix.com A group of Saskatchewan teens armed with cameras are trying to cast a stark light on booze use with a new photography project.
Thirty-six of their most telling shots - depicting both happy times and disturbing consequences - will be unveiled today in a Saskatoon exhibit at the Remai Arts Centre.
"It's just an opportunity to really look at the experiences youth are having," says Bev Drew, who works in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder prevention at the Saskatchewan Prevention Institute, which co-ordinated the project. "Even though we might already know it intuitively, it's an opportunity to start some conversations. What are we doing with our youth? What is our society encouraging?"
Twenty young people age 14 to 24 from the province's cities, small towns and remote communities were recruited to take three days of training, including photography skills, the ethics of photography and team building, Drew says. They returned home with cameras for a month to capture images of how alcohol affects their lives...A booklet about the project is online at http://valhalla.usask.ca/hammered/...Read here