'Through Our Eyes' is an ongoing participative and collaborative photographic project involving young people from 'Magic Bus India' , a non-profit 'Sport For Development Charity' based in Mumbai. Four young people, Parvati, Ahsan, Ganpat and Imran had not worked with cameras and photographs before. They were given cameras and, mentored by Rob Thomas, asked to produce images of their life, their surroundings, their world within a basic framework of 'Through Our Eyes, Our Hearts, Our Minds'.



Their images are combined with Rob's own black and white  images to show five different perspectives of life in Mumbai and 'Magic Bus'. The four participants also provide written contexts on five of their own favourite images. Photographs provide a unique method of communication and have the potential to cross linguistic and cultural boundaries.  Photographs can also provide information, challenge perceptions, show emotion. They can also provoke emotion.


And here is a question for you, the 'Reader'. When you look through this book with your own eyes, what happens in your heart and your mind?

 

‘Through Our Eyes’

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