Santa Clarita homeschooled teens Andreya Garcia and twin brothers Eithan and Matthew Gaxiola were looking for enrichment programs to meet other students their age. On their own separate accounts, all three 10th graders joined the 12-week-long California Institute of the Arts Community Arts Partnership Photography Lab Program. Every Saturday, the three students along with 30 others from Los Angeles County high schools attended the CalArts campus to learn the technical procedures and explored how to photograph film and develop images in a dark room, a style that isn’t practiced much anymore.
On May 11, the program ended with a special reception and an exhibition so students could showcase their original photographs with friends and family at the Old Town Newhall Library. The exhibit, titled “From the Sweet Flypaper of Life,” is available for viewing until July 16. The theme was to capture moments that depicted “home” to them.
The still images were diverse, all completely different from one another. Matthew and Eithan have moved homes a lot throughout their lives. In a photo titled “Got Time” Matthew captured a large clock that was hung up on a wall.
The clock is the first thing he sees every morning and the object, which may seem insignificant to many people, has been a constant item throughout many moves, said Matthew. Matthew knows he’s home when he sees the clock every morning. Eithan captured a photo titled “The Boy’s Room” where he and his brother alo.
