On a photo hunt for clothing

Divide the class into groups. Equip each group with a camera and share a digital wall on Padlet via On a photo hunt for clothing with the class. The digital wall becomes the class’s shared photo collage, to which the groups upload their images.

The groups go on a photo hunt to document everything to do with clothes and textiles using the A New Perspective:

• Choose a relevant place to go.
  At school, in the neighborhood, in the city, at a company, at home, on a playground, by the water, in a store, in the closet.
• Look for some surprising objects, angles or details.
  For example. Take a picture of the inside of the toe of a shoe, zoom in on textile fibers.
• Photos of people should not be made without having their explicit consent to do so. If in doubt, don’t make the picture.

Back in class, the groups upload their images to the shared digital photo collage on Padlet. If necessary, ask the groups to select a certain number of images to upload.

Look through the images with the class. Agree on some categories that the images can be divided into using the Category Development. Distribute the images in the selected categories. This could be, for example:

• Clothing production – Clothing consumption – Clothing waste
• Hot – Not
• Pros – Cons
• Problems – Solutions

End the activity by asking students what surprised them most, and if their perspective on clothing has changed because of some of the photos.