Name: Central Michigan University Honors students conduct a Beaver Island photography project, 2015
Start: 2015-05-11
End: 2015-05-15
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Dates: 2015-05-11 – 2015-05-15
Kind: Educational project
Where: Beaver Island
Participants: Central Michigan University · Al Wildey
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: educationphotographypublic-memorycommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

From May 11–15, 2015, Central Michigan University professor Al Wildey planned to lead fifteen Honors students in a mobile-phone photography project on Beaver Island. The project aimed to document a typical day while emphasizing respectful, non-intrusive observation.

Evidence limits

The forum preserves the project announcement and a later link to photographs, but not the complete image set, a finished book, complete permissions, or a confirmed exhibition record.

Sources

Al Wildey, “Photo opportunities for Wednesday, 5/13 (odd hours),” Beaver Island Forum, May 11, 2015.
The project coordinator sought contacts for late-night and early-morning activities during the May 13 Day in the Life session. This documents project outreach, not the resulting photographs, consent record, or publication.
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Central Michigan University, “About CMU Photography Class 5/11–5/15,” Beaver Island Forum, May 7, 2015.
Professor Al Wildey described a May 11–15 project in which fifteen Honors students would scout locations and photograph a typical Beaver Island day from midnight to midnight, with a stated non-intrusive approach. The announcement documents the project plan, not the resulting images, consent record, or publication.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 08 · t008688
Beaver Island Chamber of Commerce, “CMU Honors Photograph Class Photos - Beaver Island,” Beaver Island Forum, August 14, 2015.
The Chamber linked a collection of photographs from the summer CMU Honors photography course and said exhibitions were planned on campus and Beaver Island. The post does not identify the complete exhibit contents or confirm that both exhibitions occurred.
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Calli Morris, “Beaver Island Mobile Photography Book - CMU Honors Program,” Beaver Island Forum, April 8, 2016.
A student assisting Professor Al Wildey said the class was editing a Beaver Island mobile-photography book and was seeking permission from residents whose photographs might be used. This follow-up documents a proposed publication and an explicit consent process, not publication or complete permissions.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t010033

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Beaver Island Archive, “Central Michigan University Honors students conduct a Beaver Island photography project, 2015”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-cmu-honors-photography-project-2015/, accessed [date], citing Al Wildey, “Photo opportunities for Wednesday, 5/13 (odd hours),” Beaver Island Forum, May 11, 2015. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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