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News & Resources: Perspective

POV, opinion pieces, interviews, thought piece, thought leadership.

Perspective

OTL Community Spotlight: Laura Gambucci

October 21, 2019

Every year, Outside The Lens honors an individual who displays dedication to bettering the surrounding community through the relationships they build and the actions they undertake. This year, Outside The Lens chose Laura Gambucci - stylist, curator and entrepreneur - who has been with the organization since its conception.

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Through My Lens: Clarence Ford

April 11, 2019

It’s an empowering feeling to go into the jails and talk to the men and women about my experience. It’s also therapeutic for me.

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Through My Lens: Shalita Williams

April 4, 2019

Many people in society look at people who have been to jail as criminals, and as nothing. This film showed how individuals are only a product of their environment, and if they had access to resources and quality education they most likely would never have been incarcerated.

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Through My Lens: Skylar Economy

April 1, 2019

To me, documentary is the purest form of humanity and life that film can capture - so I want to explore how one can use the tropes of documentary in scripted film. I would want to direct/produce culturally and socially relevant + important films (which can be rare in Hollywood), casting all non-actors local to the region the film takes place.

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Through My Lens: Sienna DiMuro

January 14, 2019

I truly believe that scars are our most beautiful battle wounds. When I was walking through that room, and making eye contact with the guests, I was sharing things I had never said out loud before. I took over the entire room, and saw within myself this amazing power. In that moment I was finally able to own my story, which I never thought I could do.

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Through My Lens: Christina Gustin

January 9, 2019

"You teach a skill like photography, but then you empower kids to find their inner voice, and tell their own unique stories with photographs. You teach them to tell other people’s stories, and how to create change in their communities. You’re creating these artistic, expressive, empowered community activists, who want to change the world and they actually know how to do it. That’s such a powerful thing.”

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Through My Lens: Armando

September 6, 2018

Armando is a senior at La Jolla Day Country school. This will be his first year joining the Youth Council. When he gets to college he plans on pursuing a major in Photography and a minor in Business and Entrepreneurship.

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Through My Lens: Landon

December 19, 2017

Landon is a senior at Met High School, currently in his second year of our Youth Council program and third semester as an intern with Outside The Lens.

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Through My Lens: Anthony

December 7, 2017

Anthony is a photography student and class assistant with Outside The Lens’ Cameras in Communities program at St. Madeleine Sophie’s Center for adults with developmental disabilities. After completing his third semester with Outside The Lens, Anthony spoke about his experience at our annual Shutter and Stout Gala. In his speech Anthony mentioned the impact that […]

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Through My Lens: Polo

November 21, 2017

When I look through the viewfinder, I see the world as a multitude of inspirations, waiting to be created into messages, stories, and poems.

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Through A New Lens: Using Tablets to Create in the Elementary Classroom

February 16, 2016

Incorporating device-based learning in my lessons has lead to some of my most engaging and fruitful teaching moments in photography yet. Here are the top three reasons I saw why:

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