Life Through The Lenses – English teaching with extras

In the introductory part, the students explored the concept of media images, different products were tested in English, with special attention on press photos. Participants work out together the concept of image - text relationship.

In the second part of the project was built on 10 famous press photos. The students discussed their intuitive reactions and feelings when seeing each of the famous images. Then came the Internet research, which charted in the photos according to the historical events depicted in the background and the subjects of the photos.

The third part, explored the work and life of Robert Capa, the famous Hungarian press photographers and combined a visit to the Ludwig Museum exhibition on  Capa. Pupils had to draft and conduct fictional television interviews with Robert Capa, which were then loaded to Youtube.

In the last part of the project, the students themselves have become ‘press photographers’. Different teams were formed according to themes: culture, religion , politics , environment, city life , sports, people. The teams documented the daily life of Budapest (their city), Their photos , their experiences, their statements recorded their work on a blog, and discussed each other’s entries.

 At the end of the project the students organised a photos exhibition choosing from their own selection the best press photos at their school. They voted for the the best student photographer from among themselves as a celebration of their work..