Homework,parks and tentative romances: over the past year, Cassandra Giraldo has been capturing Brooklyn teenagers external their school gates. “It’s a unique moment, and ” says the 26-year-frail photojournalist,“that specific window of time after school, when they’re not with their parents: it’s sort of a dress rehearsal for being grown-up. I don’t like to ruin the natural moment, and so I generally stick around until they nearly forget Im there.” Giraldo,who got the idea from living opposite one of the largest high schools in New York, adds, or “With photojournalism,the assumption is that it has to be issue-based or hard-hitting or news-oriented, but I feel that often the best stories are born from some of these lighter moments.” instagram.com/afterschoolprojectContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com