#IMAMUSTANG: Caroline Clements Turning the World Inside Out

Jan 13, 2016 | Fine Arts, Impact, Share the Well, Upper School News

INSIDE OUT – the People’s Art Project: A global art project transforming messages of personal identity into works of art.
With a passion for photography, senior Caroline Clements is constantly looking for ways to stretch her boundaries. Always at the ready to explore and experiment with her camera, she jumped at a recent opportunity to photograph a small Armenian community — a connection made by World History teacher, James Campbell, while guiding his class through a study of the tragic Armenian Genocide.
Caroline met several members of the community at their church. They were shy and she was apprehensive. As soon as she expressed an interest in their culture and history, the relationships began to develop. One of the first individuals she captured was a young girl. It ended up being her favorite image of the day.
Upon reviewing Caroline’s work, photography teacher Mariana Depetris remarked how “raw, authentic and beautiful” the images were — just the inspiration Caroline needed to participate in the global art project – INSIDE OUT.
Open to anyone who is passionate, empathetic, and photographically inclined, INSIDE OUT ‘gives everyone the opportunity to share their portraits to make a statement for what they stand for. It is a global platform for people to share their untold stories and transform messages of personal identity into works of public art.’
Photographers submit their digital portraits which are then printed as 36″ x 53″ posters and returned, with an expectation that they will be hung as “pastings” in public places throughout the community.
This project gives anyone a voice through his or her images.
Caroline has not yet decided where her work will hang, but she knows one thing…”I am trying to make a difference in the lives of those in this sweet Armenian community. When I expressed an interest in them as people and families, they couldn’t believe it. I am proud of my work, but I am even more proud of the relationships I have made.”

I WISH FOR YOU TO STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU CARE ABOUT BY PARTICIPATING IN A GLOBAL ART PROJECT, AND TOGETHER WE’LL TURN THE WORLD… INSIDE OUT.

-JR, Creator of the INSIDE OUT Project

ABOUT THE INSIDE OUT PROJECT

On March 2, 2011, JR won the TED prize at the TED Conference in Long Beach, California, and called for the creation of a global participatory art project with the potential to change the world. This project is called INSIDE OUT.
Inspired by JR’s large‐format street “pastings”, INSIDE OUT gives everyone the opportunity to share their portrait and make a statement for what they stand for. It is a global platform for people to share their untold stories and transform messages of personal identity into works of public art.
Each INSIDE OUT group action around the world is documented, archived and exhibited online. Nearly 200,000 people from more than 112 countries & territories have participated.
The INSIDE OUT project has traveled from Ecuador to Nepal, from Mexico to Palestine, inspiring group actions on varied themes such as hope, diversity, gender-based violence, climate change… Discover the extent of the project through some selected actions.

Changing the world, one relationship at a time, through photography. Snap away, Caroline! #IMAMUSTANG