Embracing the South Bethlehem Community

The interviewee featured in this slideshow is Silagh White, administrative director of ArtsLehigh. I have spoken with White several times about several subjects, and I just take a general interest in her ideas and commitment to the city. As a member of both the often separate Lehigh and Bethlehem communities, she offers an important insight and understanding to improving the relationships within the city of Bethlehem and enhancing its sense of community.

I intended to capture images of the communal efforts toward improving South Bethlehem, while embracing it for what it is: a cultural city rich with history and home to the Bethlehem Steel Mill and Lehigh University. I also wanted to reveal to some extent the relationship between Lehigh and Bethlehem and the fact that moves toward integration can more easily be made than some might anticipate.

This, I discovered was difficult to do in  three minutes and thirty pictures. I think my message got a little lost in translation, but I expect to better understand how to coordinate image and audio after this trial. A second issue I encountered was having too much material to edit. This didn't cause problems, but it certainly lengthened the amount of editing time.