Alexandra Hootnick has been selected the winner of PDN Photo Annual in the category for student work.
Examples of a picture from Alexandra Hootnick’s children book, in which Alexandra collaborates with nine-year old Laya, who draws on some of Alexandra’s pictures from Laya’s daily life.
Alexandra has won with her final DMJX diploma project, which is a children’s book collaboration between Alexandra and the nine-year-old Syrian refugee Laya Al-Khazam, who resides in Sweden as she and her family await their asylum application decision. The book shows what it means to be a refugee—but first and foremost a child—in Sweden.
Alexandra did the project in the fall 2015.
Examples of a picture from Alexandra Hootnick’s children book, in which Alexandra collaborates with nine-year old Laya, who draws on some of Alexandra’s pictures from Laya’s daily life.