In 2010, the Photography Club undertook an exciting Community Outreach project, honoring the history and people of Johns Island. Capturing the Island’s spirit just before incoming developers began making permanent changes. Hundreds of photographs were used to produce the video, Johns Island – A moment in Time. This twenty-minute narrative begins with the Island’s past, going back before the first English settlers arrived in around 1670. Copies of the video were donated to Johns Island residents, churches, schools, libraries, and Kiawah residents.
A year later, the Photography Club published a popular coffee table book based on the video. Book sales were donated to various local charities on John Island plus copies of the video and book are in several Charleston Libraries. The book is available for purchase HERE.
“In honor of the people of Johns Island”
CREDITS
Script by Shauneen Hutchinson
Narration by Jack Kotz
Slide Show Creation by John Sanders
Project Advisor Cindy Neal
Project Director Dave Elliott
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Sylvia Bacon
Don Burgeson
Jim Chitwood
Pamela Cohen
Sue Corcoran
Eileen D’Agostino
Diane De Angelis
Dave Elliott
Ann Gridley
Lahnice Hollister
Shauneen Hutchinson
Jack Kotz
Jane Lurie
Cindy Neal
Cappi Post
Kathy Ramich
Paul Roberts
John Sanders
Tina Schell
Kimberly Wissel
SOURCES
“Gimmie That Ole Time Religion”, CSO Gospel Choir
“Ain’t You Got A Right To The Tree Of Life”, Recorded and Edited by Guy & Candie Carawan
“A Place Called St. Johns”, Layton Wayne Jordan & Elizabeth H. Stringfellow
“James Island & Johns Island Historical Survey”, Preservation Consultants for SC Department of Archives & History
“Johns Island, SC Images of America, Carol Walpole Haynie
Copyright: Kiawah Island Photo Club