Camden high school students will have the chance to learn about photography through a free after-school program.
The Erik James Montgomery Foundation, Inc. (EJM Foundation) will teach 10 to 13 students the “art and business of photography” over seven months, starting on Nov. 3, as part of a new program it’s hosting, called the Camden Camera Creatives, according to the nonprofit’s founder and CEO Erik James Montgomery.
The selected students will meet every Wednesday at the nonprofit’s studio, JPEG Photo Gallery, 303 Market St., from 3 to 5 p.m., Montgomery said. EJM will provide students with access to cameras and MacBooks for taking and editing photos, he said. The nonprofit has also partnered with Rutgers-Camden to provide the students with a mentor who will help them with homework and photography instruction, Montgomery said.
Programs like this are at the core of why Montgomery founded the Camden-based nonprofit in 2010, he said.
“I want to offer marginalized individuals the opportunity to learn photography without any hindrance to price points of, ‘Oh, I don’t have a camera’ or ‘I don’t have a good computer,’” Montgomery said.
“We take care of all of that so the students who are going to be participating have access to professional cameras, and they can use our laptops to edit,” he added. “It’s like one-stop shopping.”
At the end of the workshop in May, students will have the opportunity to exhibit their work at JPEG Gallery, he said.
Montgomery has already reached out to individual teachers to help sign students up, but noted that interested Camden students can apply to the program by scanning the QR code on the flyer, sending an email to [email protected], or contacting EJM’s through its website. The deadline to apply is Oct. 31, and the only requirement is that applicants attend a Camden high school.
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