Imprints - esta soy yo 2019

Imprints was developed during the spring of 2019, with nine Las Fotos Project teen photographers exploring the question: “Who motivates you to be your best self?” 

The photographers identified girls and young women in their lives who have influenced the way they connect with the world and immersed themselves in the worlds of their subject — at times they shadowed their subjects to capture their most candid moments, while at other times collaborated with them to compose an expressive image. They pushed beyond traditional portraiture to reveal more about their subject by focusing on their belongings, the spaces they inhabit, or fragments of themselves that define who they are.

Imprints is a chronicle of young sisterhood - bringing light to the relationships formed that leave a mark on their creative and personal identities. It’s through their personal and photographic exploration that Imprints is able to capture joy, tenderness, and vulnerability while showing the dynamic and trust established between the photographer and their young role model. The photographs are a reminder that anyone, at any age, can be a guiding force in another person’s life.