Ari Espay Photography

STATEMENT ARTS, The Photography Project In Luang Prabang, Laos

For the past five years, Statement Arts has traveled to Luang Prabang, Laos to teach photography to a group of young aspiring photographers and bring much needed equipment. Because of the generosity of our supporters, we were able to donate more than 125 cameras, (DSLRS as well as point and shoots) as well as tripods, flashes, light shapers, software, tablets, backpacks, lenses, cases and much more to Carol Kresge's revolutionary non-profit, @My Library.

Liza Politi (founder of Statement Arts) and I have taught camera basics, composition, proper exposure, story-telling through images, and how to capture moments to about 30 participants annually. Every participant received his/her own camera at the end of each workshops. This on-going project is hugely successful and we will be returning to Laos again in 2020 . You can see the work of the young Laotian photographers here.