High School Photographer Wins National Gold Medal Portfolio Award

Prep for Prep high school senior Tyra Abraham (XXX/Hewitt) has been named a Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Gold Medal Portfolio winner. She is one of only 16 portfolio gold medal recipients in the nation. It is the highest Scholastic honor and includes a $10,000 scholarship. On June 6th, the national winners will be honored at a live-webcasted awards ceremony at Carnegie Hall.
Tyra’s photography portfolio documents vulnerability in the caregiving relationship between her mother and grandmother. Last year, her grandmother came from Trinidad and Tobago for glaucoma and cataract surgeries. "Because of her poor sight, she needed help doing simple things like putting on her clothes and crossing the street," Tyra explained. "My grandmother's situation is unfortunate, but I think the photographs are touching in the way they portray my mother and grandmother's close relationship. With this project, I tried to show the ‘light’ side of vulnerability and that it is okay to need someone else's help, especially if [the person] is someone you trust and love dearly.” 

Founded in 1923, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is the nation’s longest running and most prestigious arts recognition and scholarship program. It has cultivated the talents of emerging young writers and artists including Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Sylvia Plath, Myla Goldberg, Zac Posen, and Lena Dunham. This year, a record-breaking 255,000+ works of art and writing were submitted for regional consideration; regional Gold Key winners advanced to the national competition.

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