Muncie Community Partners
Jacqueline Hanoman
Director of the Ross Community
Jacqueline Hanoman Ph.D. is the Executive Director of the Ross Community Center. She is passionate about community engagement and development for sustainability. The visual ethnographies are very meaningful to her as through them, these four community friends are expressing what their neighborhood means to them in very powerful ways.
Gwendolyn Jones
Through this experience, Gwendolyn was able to capture both the pretty and ugly parts of Muncie. She says that they are equally meaningful. Instead of taking pictures from a distance, she got up close and personal to the objects around Muncie. Resulting in her images telling a beautiful story.
"Through this experience, I was able to capture the beautiful things in Muncie, but I was also able to capture something as important which was the loss of industry in the city of Muncie." ~ Gwendolyn
Ingrid Crawford
Ingrid grew up in Muncie. This ethnography experience allowed Ingrid to capture the moments of her childhood that represent what Muncie has meant to her. Her images represented the history of Muncie and the influence it has had on the community.
"Learning how to take pictures through this experience helped me to be able to capture the meaningful times of my childhood in Muncie." ~ Ingrid
Laura Myers
Laura has been a part of the Muncie community since she was young. She is an avid volunteer and takes pride in helping people and giving back to the community. Through this experience, Laura has shown the meaningful places in Muncie as well as the volunteer work that occurs throughout the city.
"This experience has shown me there is much more to capture all-around Muncie and that a picture is really worth 1000 words." ~ Laura
Billy Brown
Billy is well-traveled but has always found his way back to the city of Muncie. He grew up here, and through this experience, he was able to capture the hidden gems of Muncie. His goal was to take pictures of the different sides of Muncie. Billy says that there is more than one Muncie.
"I took this experience to take pictures for myself, but also to show the representation of what's not seen in Muncie all of the time. Muncie's hidden gems." ~ Billy