PHOTOGRAPHY
+ AWArDS
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
2016 West Region Silver
2017 West Region Honorable Mention
2017 West Region Silver (2)
2017 West Region Gold
2017 National Silver
2018 West Region Gold
Drexel Photography Award
2016 Drexel Photography High School Contest Exhibition
Photoville
2018 NYU Photoville - Exhibition in New York
2019 Annenberg Photoville Panelist & Exhibition in Los Angeles
CUBA
I spent a week in Cuba for photojournalism in August of 2019. I travelled with my school and created a photography portfolio focused on Afro-latino representation. I made a second portfolio which compared the images from my trip to the photos my dad took a decade earlier.
GUATEMALA
During the summer prior to ninth grade, I travelled to Guatemala for a photojournalism program. I learned about the indigenous Mayan population and the cruelty they have faced in recent history. I also visited coffee farms and worked with the Guatemalan NGO, De La Gente.
US-MEXICO border
In November of 2018, I travelled to the US-Mexico border to create photojournalism project. I met activists, artists, Border Patrol Agents, and even U.S. veterans who had been deported. Hearing their stories helped me better understand the crisis at the US-Mexico Border.
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES
Jay Lassiter discusses his portfolio that was exhibited at the 2019 Photoville Exhibition at The Annenberg Space for Photography. His photos were taken in Downtown LA on Skid Row while passing out lunches he made with Hashtag Lunchbag.
