By Marilyn Bauer
The Cincinnati Enquirer

"In Bette's Apartment," a silver print by Marie Sobonya of Nevada Union High School in Grass Valley, Calif. | ZOOM |

The Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art is showcasing the photographic talents of 60 teenage students in Focus: An American Teenage Vision. Curated by documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark, images by students in seven public and private schools across the country are featured.

The project brought together advanced high school photography and art history students from rural, suburban and urban schools to explore and document teenage issues of cultural, regional and national identity.

Cincinnati Country Day School students created a Web site that features work from all participating schools (focus.countryday.net). Some are black-and-white, others in brilliant color, but together they provide a unique, teenage perspective on the world.

"It's amazing. After the exhibit opened no one could get over how in-depth the work was," says Cincinnati Country Day teacher Anna Binkley. "And such thoughtfulness. The themes are very mature: alienation, intimacy and emergence."

The show will be up through Nov. 25.

If you go

Days and hours: The center, 44 E. Sixth St., downtown, is open 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday and Thursday; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday; noon to 6 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.

Admission: $6.50 adults, $5.50 seniors, $4.50 students, $3.50 children 3-13.

information: 345-8400 or Web site.

E-mail mbauer@enquirer.com