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Sticks and Stones<br />
Renata Finamore<br />
Grade: 8<br />
School:<br />
<strong>Art</strong> Teacher:<br />
IS 239, Mark<br />
Twain, Brooklyn<br />
Julie Checkett<br />
Black-and-white photograph<br />
from 35mm film<br />
STUDENT: In my mind’s eye<br />
everything I see now has<br />
the potential to be viewed<br />
through the lens of a<br />
camera and everything I<br />
see now has artistic value.<br />
My art teacher opened<br />
up new opportunities<br />
in photography. During<br />
darkroom printing, I faced<br />
a challenge. The negative<br />
is a bit dense. Yet when<br />
printing the image in the<br />
darkroom, f-stop 4 for five<br />
seconds resulted in too much light!<br />
I ultimately ended up using f-stop 4<br />
for four seconds, which surprisingly<br />
made a huge difference in the final<br />
photographic print.<br />
TEACHER: Renata is a third-year<br />
photography student in my Media<br />
Talent Program. She is a wonderful<br />
student, and a dedicated artist. I have<br />
watched her progress over the last<br />
three years and I am very pleased<br />
with this portrait of her sister, Ava.<br />
Sticks and Stones is the result of an<br />
assignment whose goal was to capture<br />
various emotions on film. Renata was<br />
quite successful at this task, revealing<br />
both her forward vision and her skills<br />
in straight photography. She speaks<br />
strongly to viewers with her distinct<br />
vision and voice.<br />
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