Bell High School Photography

Cross cultural project, Project Morocco begins this semester! Bell High School Photographers, Ms Herrera and students from Morocco are participating in a cultural exchange program. Via internet, students will be sharing life stories through art!

Sharing and discussing photographs, poetry and stories about daily life, culture and social issues from both sides of the Atlantic, students come together in an effort to cross barriers. Ms. Herrera, Bell High School photography teacher and Fulbright Scholar, will be spending the summer in Morocco, Africa. In an attempt to learn and understand Arabic culture and language, Ms. Herrera brings this experience virtually to her students through Project Morocco. Please join us in the exchange of dialogue, culture and language on www.photoblog.com/cherreraart. Please click on Project Morocco to view and comment on this amazing project!

Take a photograph everyday and see your world in pictures. In an effort to practice observation of daily life and photographic composition, students will be using their cell phones to sketch stories about daily life. Every day they will post a picture on the chosen theme of the week. You will be having visual conversations about your city, family, and friends with the use of your cellphone! Photographs will be posted directly and discussed in class as project starters! So grab your cellphone today and take a close look at the world around you!

We had the opportunity to have the congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard visit us at our school and discuss our thoughts on the political situation in Bell. We also spoke about her beginnings in Congress and her experiences as the first Mexican-American woman in Congress and about the importance of voting and educating others on participating in their government.