Chad Batka, a photographer based in New York City and Alicia DeSantis a graphics editor at the New York Times team up together to create “My First Year”. A collection of pictures of students on the first day of College and their last.
IN SEPTEMBER, we asked twelve students from colleges across New York to have their picture taken. It was the first week of school. They were all freshmen, all new to the city. They each discussed something that was important to them — a stuffed animal, a passport, a hairstyle, a piece of writing. In April, they returned to the studio and talked about how the year had changed them. An acoustic guitar was replaced by an electric one. A tattoo was acquired. The stuffed animal did not return.
How will your child change in their first year of school?
[Images via New York Times]
