On July 28th2011, Hep in Tas, TasCAHRD’s Hepatitis C Program, was proud to present “Street Shots” an exhibition of photo essays by young people.
Street Shots began as a project run by the Hepatitis Council of New South Wales and enjoyed great success. The council kindly gave permission for TasCAHRD to use the name and the images for this project to run in Tasmania.
Two education sessions were run, with two different groups of young people in Hobart. One of the groups was run through Yconnect, an education alternative to mainstream school. The other was with a group of students interested in working in Community Services through a program at the school called English as an Additional Language. After the education sessions the young people took photographs based on something they had learned in the workshops. The aim of the project was to increase knowledge of hep C transmission amongst young people and youth workers/teachers. It was hoped that the sessions and the project will also increase the confidence of youth workers/teachers in talking to young people about HCV risks. The project helped to make HCV “visible” as an issue for young people and their family and friends.
The project culminated in an exhibition at the Youth ARC on July 28th between 12 noon and 1.00pm. The winners were announced and prizes given. A people’s choice award will ran on the day and the winner of this prize was announced later. Making the project a competition has added incentive for the young people involved and acknowledged the value of the photographs.
