PHOTOGRAPHY

INTERNSHIP RECAP

Nia Lumpkin is 16 years old and specializes in portrait photography. She is based in Southern California. Her passion is rooted in capturing personal moments from people she loves. Nia has been a photographer for three years and has recently expanded to film work in the past year. She aspires to travel and take pictures once she graduates from high school.

Stella Wang is a 17-year-old photographer based in Santa Barbara. She has spent most of her life in California but has also lived in Beijing, China. She is a rising senior and has plans to attend an art school or major in art in college. Her work has been featured online with DisplacedHousewife, Lithium Magazine, and Syryn Records. Her work has also been printed in FromPluto Zine’s “Endless Summer” (i01).

Anna Vasquez is a 15 year old photographer based in Los Angeles. She was raised in Baldwin Park, California and is currently a Junior at Sierra Vista High School. She started her pursuit of photography 3 years ago by taking pictures of nature and her sister.Vasquez is a mix-media photographer specializing in portraiture/self-portraiture. Her work is inspired by her personal style as a way of expressing herself. Vasquez has been featured in a few publications such as, "Origins" Las Fotos Project exhibit, Bright Lite Magazine, "Migrant Mama" wheat-pasting and mural, along with the "Migrant Mama" Virtual Reality Experience and more.

Esmé Lopez-Landeck is a 14-year-old photographer and is a photography intern for Girls Rock Summer of Love. She has been studying photography for three and a half years and is excited about establishing herself as a professional photographer. She specializes in raw portrait photography and environmental photography. She loves photography because it’s a way to capture the beauty of the people and places she is able to experience, and to be able to not only hold onto it for herself, but to share it with the world.

Neorah Davis is a 15-year-old photographer. She resides in Los Angeles, California. Neorah gravitates most towards portraiture, but enjoys experimenting with all genres of photography. Through her work, she strives to tell stories. Hers, others', the world's. She tells stories rooted in reality through a surreal lens. We take so much for granted in this world and rarely stop to question it; to question names and faces, the day-to-day monotony that we take for granted. As a species we fail to realize that this was all created by us, and just like that it can be destroyed and rebuilt by us. Neorah hopes to share work that inspires social change. Visuals that dismantles our perception of truth, of right and wrong, so that we can fix it. Neorah has always had a lot to say, but a quiet voice. So at the age of 12, when she was feeling particularly unheard, she turned to photography. For a while it was just a hobby, a way to pass the time once in a while, but it has become so much more than that. Neorah's journey as an artist is just beginning- right now she is just a girl with an Instagram page (@neorahrayphotography), a camera, and a dream.

Caroline Dinger is a 14 year old landscape and travel photographer from north Texas. Eventually she would like to travel the world capturing her journey. She got into photography at a young age learning it from her parents. Her and her family traveled a lot as a child and her mother was always taking pictures to make sure Caroline and her brother had memories of their travels as  adults. Caroline's father was always more into the technical side of photography and taught her how to use their digital camera soon after she expressed interest in it. Ever since he was young, Caroline's brother wanted to be a musician. Caroline, however, never knew exactly what she wanted to do but she knew that she wanted to do something creative as well. Her brother always encouraged her and her art. She claims that she wouldn't be where she is at today is it weren't for her brother's support. In the future, Caroline hopes to start work with models and explore the world of portraiture as well as travel photography more in depth!

Grace Bourassa is a 16 year old photographer based in Los Angeles. She loves to photograph her friends and the world around her. In the future Grace would like to get into travel photography or even photographing dancers. Two of her biggest passions are dance and travel so to be able to capture them and show the world would be a dream come true. She got into photography because her mom has been a photographer her whole life. Growing up she watched her mom take pictures of her and everywhere they went. Grace wants to show everyone the truth. Being a girl herself, and growing up with expectations from society, she feels passionate about women's rights. Through photography she wants to tell the world what's hidden below and go beyond beauty standards.