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Student Photographers' Work For Immediate Release: RICHMOND, Ind. — Two Earlham photography students were pleasantly surprised to have had their work professionally validated during the summer. 
A photograph taken by Rosie Nevins at Girls, Inc. was made into a billboard for the organization. A photograph by Rosie Nevins, a second-year from Boston, has been made into a billboard for Girls, Inc., and senior art major Coleman Yunger sold out his first solo show in his hometown of Washington, D.C. "I didn't expect to sell anything," Yunger says. "I thought being 21 and having a solo show in Washington was the greatest thing ever." However, Yunger's show, In Passing, had the highest-selling opening in the history of the Atlas Theater Gallery. Nevins admits that even after a month she continues to be amazed when she drives past one of the Girls, Inc. billboards. "It's still so strange when I see it," she says. "I think 'That's my work on a billboard.'" Works In Progress Nevins took photographs at Girls, Inc. as part of a class project. The assignment was to photograph a work in progress. 
"Certainly little girls are works in progress," she says. "I talked with the girls, and they took a couple of shots with my camera. I asked them how they wanted to look in the picture. That's when one of the girls began whispering in the other's ear." After completing the assignment, Nevins gave the photographs to Girls, Inc., hoping they would be useful to the organization. Later she received a call telling her that one of the photos would be made into a billboard. "I didn't know what to think," she says. "It took me completely by surprise." Nevins, a Human Development and Social Relations major, says that although her camera is never far from her side, she has been contemplating a career in child psychology, child therapy or law. In April she completed 30 hours of training and serves as a volunteer child advocate for the Wayne County superior court system. She enjoys this work, but says she may investigate the possibility of doing photography on the side. "Now that I have my work on a billboard, maybe I should do something with my photography," Nevins says. "The billboard makes me feel like a semi-professional artist." New York Arts Program 
In Passing was the result of a semester Yunger spent on the New York Arts Program, where he interned for professional photographers, Frank Oudeman and Sebastian Bremer. "I wanted this exhibition to show a collection of things that you walk by, but you may not notice," Yunger says. "There were a lot of graffiti shots." Yunger says the show represented the most cohesive body of work he had ever assembled. Buyers told him they were drawn to the crispness of the photos and starkness of their contrast. After the show's success, Yunger says he feels a bit of pressure to continue producing top quality art. "Right now I feel I need to get more of my work out there and start living the life in the real world," he says. "And that scares me." View several of Earlham senior Coleman Yunger's photographs from his show In Passing. — EC — Contact:
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College · 801 National Road West · Richmond,
Indiana 47374-4095 |