Philadelphia School Closings Photographers Collective

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Two Thirty Four The Final Day by Laurie Beck Peterson

Last spring I blogged about my involvement with a group of photographers who came together around an idea that Zoe Strauss had for documenting the final days of the 24 Philadelphia schools that were closing.  I worked to gain access to Germantown High School, my neighborhood school, with the help of Dr. Amy Yeboah who was shooting a video as part of Scribe Video Center’s Storyville series.  Read more…