On July 25th, 2007, we held an exhibition of Ghanaian students' photography from the Zongo Junction Youth Photo Program in Madina, Accra 2005-2006. The event celebrated the world release of "I am the only one who saw", a book of photos and essays by a twelve year old boy in Ghana. Proceeds from book sales and prints in the silent auction went to the Deviwo Projects Scholarship fund in Madina, which supports dedicated students to continue their education.
We passed around disposable cameras, the same ones that the students used in Ghana, and guests documented the event.
The Bogardus hall was made available to us by the Aprile family. We hung the student's photos with their writing on clotheslines....
The silent auction was a huge success.
Thank you to all who attended and a special thank you to those who helped me remember what I wanted to say by yelling it out when I got stuck in a long pause during my speech.
My dad worked the bar while my mom , the daughter of a traveling sunglasses salesman, was in charge of selling the books.
Live music from "Living Traditions" cultural group, also known as "Grasscutter."
Special thanks to
the Andrew Aprile, George and Christiane Aprile, Will Swofford, Jesse and Richard Bathrick, Tiffany Iung, Sam Franklin, Marnie Andrews and Jeff Jacobson, Brian Mckenna, Brendan Bathrick, Lauren Gertzman, and Sheila Aminmadani for helping to make this event so wonderful. It was a room full of amazing people. And big thanks to all of you who took pics at the event and then sent them back to us...
-Sam B.
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