Students As Photographers

I recently read an article about how Photographers today are dying out, and that we should inform the younger generation that if they want to become professional photographers, that they will need another job, and will be unable to make a career out of it. This is probably true today, however I do not think that destroying a child's hopes and dreams early on can do nothing but harm to a student. Children should know the realities at a later age, but should that mean we do not allow them to follow their dreams, especially if that is photography? 

Photography is a very important piece to the Art world, it can be just as expressive as an artists painting. Photography allows people to see into real situations and places around the world, and to share that moment with the artist. 

While indulging in my obsession with Pinterest, I stumbled upon a Scavenger Hunt you could do with your students. Almost all students today have phones with cameras, and having them do this scavenger hunt allows them to finally use their phones for school. Students can then share their images with the class afterwards, showing the differences of how each student chose to approach the assignment. You can see into the lives of the students, what perspective they took, what images they chose to capture, etc.