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Show 2C Sunday, March 1,2015 52 Pieces of Ogden By KATHLEEN DUNCAN Standard-Examiner staff OGDEN — Christine Ferrario, 47, of Ogden, describes herself as a "mom with a nice camera." She exudes a passion for photography and her community that can be seen in the images created by her and the other 51 photographers in the Ogden 52 project. The Ogden 52 project is a community effort, led by Benjamin Zack and Nurture the Creative Mind, to capture Ogden through the eyes of the people who live here. A map of Ogden was divided into 52 sections and each section was assigned a card from a deck of ordinary playing cards. Those interested in participating showed up on Friday, Jan. 9, where each person got to draw a card and receive their assigned piece of Ogden. Ferrario said she wasn't sure what to expect that day. "I ran over there and even though I was 15 minutes early ... the line was out the door and into the parking lot. Zack looked like he was floating. He opened the door and he was like 'Oh my gosh, look at all these people!' and he ran back inside to get his camera and came out again to take our photo. We were all laughing because it was dark and he had no flash and everyone was like 'Don't worry, it's not going to turn out.' It was great. It was like the doors to Oz; he opened them up and he was so excited and surprised," she said. Les Vierra, 44, of Eden, was the last person to grab a card. "I got card 52! I was really nervous waiting in line. If I go again, I'll definitely show up earlier." Vierra was assigned the area between 20th and 24th streets, west of Wall Avenue in Ogden. "It was an interesting area, espe cially because I wasn't familiar with it. It was a fun opportunity to poke around and have the excuse to see something new. I got to see a junk yard, which ended up being my image. It was of John inside his shop. It was a fun place to explore with some of the older vehicles and the museum he has in there," Vierra said. Ferrario loved the experience because she said it made her look at Ogden differently and get out of her comfort zone. She was assigned the area between the train station and the dog food plant. "This project forced me to look at parts of my community that I've never looked at before. I scouted it out and I knew I wanted to get a new perspective. You get in your head and get a cool image, and you know it's exactly what you want to say." The project will continue with another drawing on Friday, March 6, at Nur ture the Creative Mind in Union Station when the first round of photos go on display. With around 100 people who showed up to volunteer for the first round of the project, Ferrario said she knows that more people will show up for the next. "There were too many people in line, which was really exciting because we knew some people wouldn't get a card and they'd get to do it next time. It showed that the community really wanted this," she said. The photographers are looking forward to seeing what each other produced from their part of the proj- ect. "I can't wait to see what comes of this; when we show these pictures I think it's going to be awesome," Vierra said. Ferrario feels that a huge part of the project was making Zack proud. "I hope he's very celebrated. He seems very humble, he seems like he created this project from a really good place. He's really all about the Ogden community," she said. She posted her photos on Facebook to get opinions, because each participant was only allowed to submit one final image, and saw reactions to the project there too. "I saw someone post 'Ogden is the new Park City' and I was so offended. I wanted to tell her, you can't define us like that. We are not Park City. We aren't. We're Ogden. And we're proud to be." |
