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62: Lindy Drew
Lindy Drew was studying biology when she was asked to capture “family” for her hobby class, documentary photography. She grabbed her camera and jumped on a motorcycle. Her family of choice: a group of Harley Davidson riders. She still graduated with a science degree, but changed gears.
After finishing a program at the International Center of Photography in NYC in 2003, she took a cross-country road trip that inspired a one way ticket to Latin America, starting in Chile, where she founded OJOS nuevos, a digital photography program for at-risk youth (more on that later).
List five things on your Inspiration Wall (real or imagined).
1. A ticket to anywhere
2. Getting involved with social outreach projects in the community
3. Natural light
4. The “Family of Man,” a collection of documentary photography curated by Edward Steichen.
5. This quote from Diane Arbus: “My favourite thing is to go where I’ve never been.”
2. What was your last big project?
While volunteering at a home for girls in Santiago de Chile, fellow photographer Christine Mladic and I co-founded OJOS nuevos, a digital photography program for kids that put cameras in the hands of at-risk Chilean girls living in hogares (orphanages). The project was sponsored by PENTAX, TakeGreatPictures.com, and VE Global. It allowed the children to explore the creativity, enjoyment, and importance of photography. By immersing themselves in the workshop and telling stories from their own points of view, they captured what life is like for them and what life is like in their country.
