COD celebrates 19-year collaboration with Easterseals at 2018 photo exhibit

Posted November 10, 2018 10:00 pm

Submitted by COD News Bureau

Guests enjoy the creations of College of DuPage photography students and inspiring stories during a recent reception celebrating an ongoing collaboration between the college's photography program and Easterseals DuPage and Fox Valley.

The Oct. 17 event showcased students' color portraits featuring Easterseals clients.

For 19 years, the students from the Visual Storytelling class have been paired with clients from Easterseals and photographed the daily lives of their families to document the challenges and accomplishments of children with different disabilities. Students then created photo essays with their still images as a semester final project.

The juried still images are then displayed in Easterseals' lobby.

COD Photography professor and program coordinator Terry Vitacco expressed the value she sees in the partnership.

"I think the most important thing my students learn by doing the Easterseals project is that their photography really makes a difference," she said. "The families that see the photos hanging in the Easterseals lobby are encouraged and heartened that their child can enjoy life despite their challenges."

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An Oct. 17 reception showcases College of DuPage students' color portraits featuring Easterseals DuPage and Fox Valley clients. Courtesy of College of DuPage

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