“The current cohort of high school seniors are true techno-natives,” Spennemann explained. “They grew up n the digital world and know no other. It is their hands that will shape our future world.”
According to the professor, “I wanted to capture this using digital photography, which has become one of the symbols of the first decade of the new millennium.”
Spennemann, from the Institute for Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, Australia, conducted two workshops each on Rota, Saipan and Tinian.
Participants have until end of the week to finalize their submissions.
“I am intrigued by the images I have seen so far,” Spennemann said.
All submissions will be showcased on the project Web site (http://myplacecnmi.org). The winning entries will be shown in an exhibition at the CNMI Museum for History and Culture.
The show will open on March 3 at 6 p.m.
The NMI Council for the Humanities’ community photography project was funded in part by a “We the People” grant provided by the National Endowment of the Humanities.
