Playing, photographing, producing cultures: aesthetic experiences of children in daycare

Abstract

The article presents the results of a research that aimed to understand how young children, from their photographic production, read and communicate the world. This is qualitative research that had as methodological procedures analysis of photographs produced by 3-year-old children in a municipal day care center in the Greater ABC/SP Region and interviews with educators. As a theoretical reference, it dialogued with childhood studies. Data analysis shows that children engage in the act of photographing with joy and empowerment and produce images that denote curiosity, creativity, imagination, sensitivity and investigation. His photographs present a reading of the world open to novelty, in which they create new and different meanings. However, it appears that photography is still little used in the educational routine as an expressive form of children, which reveals the need for formative processes on its importance.