Picture day almost did not happen for one New York City school, until a celebrity photographer stepped in to shoot the students' portraits.
But Varona took on a different role when she saved picture day for the students at P.S. 25 The Eubie Blake School in Brooklyn, New York., P.S. 25 The Eubie Blake School was about to cancel picture day after not being able to fund it.
The school is categorized as a Title One school meaning at least 40% of students come from low-income households and qualify for free lunch. This year makes 7 years of being freelance. 12+ years of being a photographer. I still take small jobs. I still feel like I’m scratching the surface and I still learn something new on every job. Definitely feel like I’m about to unlock a new level though.Karlie Hustle, whose daughter attends P.S. 25 The Eubie Blake School, knew Varona through her work in the music industry.
The parent decided to get in touch with Varona about shooting the school’s picture day after the successful freelance photographer tweeted that she still took “small jobs.”Hustle says the idea of Varona shooting picture day for P.S. 25 The Eubie Blake School “clicked” when she saw the photographer’s tweet.PBS News Hour“To think that this might be a year where those kids didn’t have photos, that didn’t sit right with me and my daughter’s father so we sought out Raven and we got it done.
The photographer put monitors around the set so that the children could see themselves as they were taking the picture and encouraged the kids to pose in a way they felt comfortable.“It made me really emotional to just be reminded how creativity of photography is a privilege,” Varona tells“This idea of photo day and this memory for children in a school being a privilege that so many can’t afford or they can’t look back on in ten years and see themselves in school was really disheartening to me.
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