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The March 2008 exhibit in the University of Rhode Island Library Gallery is Children of the World: A Photographic Exhibit by James Hazelwood.
About the Artist James Hazelwood has been a photographer since he borrowed his father’s camera in 1973 to photograph a younger brother’s soccer game. Tired of borrowing a camera, he sold photographs of other children playing soccer to their parents, and purchased a Canon Tlb 35mm film camera, which he used for nearly 25 years, until the beginning of the digital era. During that time he traveled to Europe, Turkey, Israel, and more recently to Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mexico, Honduras and Belize. "Although the landscapes and culture fascinated me, it has always been people that I have enjoyed photographing." he says. In addition to his documentary works, James also photographs portraits, weddings and recently began creating multi-media work of personal projects. He has been published in magazines, textbooks, annual reports, and journals including the Ritz Carlton, Harcourt Press, & South American Missionary Society. His website of documentary photography can be found at http://www.jameshazelwoodphoto.com/. He received a Bachelor's degree in Communication Arts from California Lutheran College, and his Masters from Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary. He currently serves as a Pastor along with his wife, Lisa, at St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Charlestown, Rhode Island.
Artist’s Statement The Exhibit Children of the World: A Photographic Exhibit is a collection of thirty photographs from that past five years of my travels. The images show children primarily from Southern Africa and Central America. Frequently, when we see photographs of children from the developing world, we are confronted with poverty and despair. While this is clearly an unfortunate and preventable reality, the photographs in this exhibit show another side. I am displaying a range of emotions from utter joy through curiosity. Children, unlike adults, love to be photographed. The onset of digital photography allows them to see the images immediately, which piques their curiosity. This exhibit reminds us that children in Zimbabwe play like we do in the United States, they laugh in Honduras like we do, and they are shy in Belize just as we are in North America. A reminder of this reality is perhaps a small step toward reducing our global suspicion of one another.
The Library Gallery is located on the main floor of the University Library, 15 Lippitt Road, Kingston, RI 02881. Library hours are:
For more information, please contact Karen Ramsay at 401-874-4625 or karenr@uri.edu. |
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