The project entails photographing with manual cameras, film developing, print making, writing and preparing the display for the media and exhibition at the school.

Two of the students from the Merging of Cultures project at Alma Bryant High School told stories about their families. Elizabeth Peyregne's piece has elements of family folklore. She wrote a story about how her father got his job, a tale from oral tradition in which she, as an unborn child, figures as a leading character. Louise Moseley's family tragedy piece recounts a recent event in which two members of her family were gunned down in a drive-by-shooting. Not long after the students began writing and photographing, Louise missed a couple of days of class. When she returned she began writing about an event that occurred on the long stretch of dirt road she shares with her extended family.

The entire class went to Sidney's and the drive-by-shooting site to make pictures with their 120mm Russian-made cameras. At Sidney's everyone got out of the cars and started discussing f-stops and shutter speeds as they roamed in and out of the fast-food store capturing images.

When the class went to Louise's dirt road, a couple of the students remained in the car. Sage, a conscientious student, followed her inclinations. She pushed back her three-foot hair and carefully approached the cross, near where Kenny was killed. Wanting to know the exact spot, she turned to Louise and asked, "Where was Kenny's body, Louise?" She and Elizabeth carefully documented Louise's story.