The exhibition was named "On the threshold of adulthood", and "photomodels" became pupils of the Sianno boarding school. They told the organizers what they expect from their future destiny, what they dream about, what worries and frightens them.
Olga Timoshenko, the press secretary of the Viciebsk Association of Entrepreneurs and one of the main initiators of the creation of the exhibition, is convinced that the interviews turned out to be very sincere and nagging:
Olga Timoshenko interviews graduates
"About two months we prepared this photo exhibition: we worked out a concept, agreed on cooperation. By the way, all the participants of our project worked on a charitable basis. For example, copycenter "Koler", where I am the director, absolutely free of charge printed all the pictures. I was also a photographer and famous in Viciebsk master, teacher of the Technological College Alexey Karasev. Our entrepreneurial Foundation for Spiritual Revival was coordinating the training.
There is a photographer Alexey Karasev
Initially, the idea was to show the means of photography that scares and worries children so that they are better understood by adults. In this part, as a model, the director of the beauty salon Natalia Kiseleva made a speech. But nothing would have happened without the participation of the graduates themselves. Eleven-graders, three girls and 10 boys told what they want to become. Have shared that excites them. And this is no longer ordinary childish fears, but the experiences of children deprived of family support, which life made it so early to become independent. "
Girls are preparing for a photo shoot
The businessmen came to the shooting not empty-handed: they brought sweets and ribbons for graduates. With the girls before the photo session, the make-up artist and make-up artist Lyudmila Kovaleva worked. The boarding school has its own hairdresser, students practice in this skill. But the girls did not even expect that the photos will be so beautiful and grown-up!
Photos on the "Honor Board"
Photo from the photo exhibition
About what scares them and worries on the verge of adulthood, they said it was like they were worried if they had enough self-service skills, that they were worried if they would find support in the new environment, since the boarding school had "all theirs".
The children also said that they "would not like to meet bad people", and that they will even strive to go where relatives, or former graduates of the orphanage, already learned.
Of all professions, both for girls and for boys, the profession of the cook seems to be the most attractive. Another – a master forestry worker, driver, builder. One of the girls, an excellent Valery, said that she wants to get an economic education. However, no graduate of the Sianno boarding school decided to enter higher education institutions.
Opening of the photo exhibition
Stories about teenagers together with their photos were presented to the audience in the Beatles Club "Cinderella". According to the conditions, the entrance fee for the exhibition was any charitable donation in favor of the current graduates of the boarding school in Sianno. According to Olga Tymoshenko, the money for the entrance was not collected as much as expected. However, "in the common treasury" went also the money collected from the sale of photographs at the auction and the lottery. A total of about 600 rubles.
The organizers are congratulated by the director of the Association of Entrepreneurs Nina Lukyanova
Organizers plan that the photo exhibition will travel to various institutions, and collection of charitable contributions will continue. Probably, an online auction will also be organized – as the photos of the businesswoman-model Natalia Kiseleva were made just for sale for donations.
Photomodel – another initiator of the project Natalia Kiseleva
The organizers plan to present photos of the graduates to the Sianno boarding school, where their initiative was sincerely supported. The collected funds will be transferred to the administration of the educational institution. There they will help to acquire even the most necessary at the first stage of independent life, which the graduates do not have. First of all, these are household things that will be useful after leaving the orphanage – dishes, bedding, household appliances. Photos, probably, will also be given to graduates – as a memory of childhood, which is not very often happy with happy moments.
The hall was also designed by recent graduates – students of the Technological University
The first viewers of the photo exhibition
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