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worked well for the spunky young girl.

“Not only did I finish with a Band 6 in visual art, it also turned out to be my best subject!” she said.

Today much of Tanaya’s Year 11 and Year 12 work is shown as samples for the benefit of younger students at PLC who are starting off in the subject.

Speaking about her school course in photography, Tanaya said, “In my first year in photography in Year 11, I learned all about the camera and how to use it. A lot of it was new to me, such as ISO exposure and all the jargon! We also learned how to organise photoshoots and did various experiments such as underwater photography, and then went on to Photoshop as well.”

She continued, “By the end of Year 11, I was hooked. I couldn’t wait to get on to my major work for the HSC. Various project ideas came into my head, especially as my teacher said, ‘think big, the world is your oyster’.”

That year Tanaya travelled to India with her family and came back with about a thousand shots on her camera. She knew then that those photos would form her final work for the HSC.

“Of course, to pick 6 out of the lot was a challenge,” she said with a laugh. “But my teacher helped me as I sorted through them. As I looked at the work of other artists to get a better perspective, the idea came to be that I could project each of my chosen images on to the bare back of a human figure.”

The end result was nothing short of striking.

The work is certainly a pat on the back for this talented photographer.

But the beauty of the work is that it shows the artist looking at India from the vantage point of a native, as well as that of an outsider

Tanaya travelled to India with her family and came back with about a thousand shots on her camera