http://www.lightstalkers.org/galleries/contact_sheet/25780 The Kids are Alright is a project focusing on positive youth culture. The eventual aim is for it to be produced as book. I have been shooting this project for approximately 12 months and plan to spend another 12 months shooting. “The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachersâ€* Socrates (469 BC–399 BC) Socrates words prove that attitudes to youth culture haven't changed much over the years. I vividly remember feeling exasperated (as a teen) when I heard statements like “Kids aren’t like they used to be. Always getting into trouble and spending their time drinking and using drugsâ€* et al. Sure kids rebel; but didn’t most of us at that age? Generally, most of my friends and peers didn’t get into major strife. Due to good luck or fortune, we mostly escaped pretty much unscathed. Then, as now; there’s a tendency to blame all youth for the bad actions of the few; it’s easier to stereotype an entire group than seek the truth. Now it is my generation who are the accusers. Media typically represent youth as “out of control and lacking respectâ€* However I feel they are misrepresented. This project focuses on youth culture’s positive aspects in an attempt to break down stereotypes regarding youth of all ages, genders, ethnicities and regions. During the next 12 months of shooting I will be focusing more on “home imagesâ€* rather than the party scene. 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