Alumna Brooke DiDonato (鈥�12) has earned another significant JMC 鈥渇irst鈥�: her award-winning photo illustration, Exorcism, is the cover photo of the 33rd Annual Spring Photographer鈥檚 FORUM Best of College and High School Photography (2013).
Exorcism is one of 365 photos from DiDonato鈥檚 astounding one-year conceptual photo diary鈥攖he first project of its kind completed by a JMC student. The photo has already won JMC鈥檚 first gold medal in Photo Illustration in the 2012 College Photographer of the Year competition and third place in photo illustration in this weekend鈥檚 Ohio News Photographer Association鈥檚 (ONPA) 2012 annual contest (another DiDonato work, Mother Nature, won an award of excellence in the ONPA photo illustration contest). Additionally, Exorcism was one of several photos featured in DiDonato鈥檚 鈥淒reamscape Diary鈥� exhibit, which was the first solo-student photography exhibit ever displayed in Franklin Hall.
Shot on day 252, Exorcism represents 鈥渁lleviating oneself from internal demons that take form in the qualities of insecurity and self-deprecation.鈥�
DiDonato is now working as a photographer鈥檚 assistant in lower Manhattan, where her work is continuing to gain national exposure.
