Las Fotos Project began as a photography mentorship organization in 2010 seeking to create a space where young women and girls could strengthen their self-efficacy through creative expression. Esta Soy Yo, our founding mentorship program, is an innovative, project-based learning model which utilizes a therapeutic photography methodology, providing students with critical thinking, visual communication, and media literacy.

The Las Fotos Project student introduction to photography is through our Esta Soy Yo program. As they learn essential technical skills involved in photography, they also develop a deeper understanding of their respective voices, visions, and creative practices.

Esta Soy Yo at Photoville Los Angeles features self-portraits created over the course of eight years, reflecting each girl’s individuality and photographic creativity. Through mentorship, experiential learning and creative photo assignments, the girls were able to reveal unique stories about growth, empowerment, openness, and courage.

The photographs presented in this landmark retrospective exhibition and limited edition catalogue are captivating, playful, and intimate. The narratives in this retrospective provide a counterbalance to the cultivated stories projected onto Los Angeles’ youth culture.

They focus on locations and objects that symbolize the personalities, values, and environments of teenage girls growing up in Los Angeles’ often overlooked communities.

Through self-portraiture, they express their full selves – their joys, talents, and quiet contemplations. While each individual moment may seem like a fleeting point in time, collectively they make up a key part of Los Angeles’ true youth identity.

Esta Soy Yo, A Retrospective of Las Fotos Project’s Teen Self Portraits

Featuring: Various Artists

Locations

• #California
• #Los Angeles
• #self portrait
• #Women
• #Youth
• #Youth Culture
• #Youth Stories

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