Unexpected Memories is a compilation of images photographed by the Advance Studies Photography Program led by Desert Pines High School teacher Javier Sanchez. The photographs represent the artists' relationships with friends, family, and personal/interpersonal spaces. With Unexpected Memories, the artists aim to lure viewers with familiar, everyday images and trigger recollections of autobiographical experiences.
The Photography program at Desert Pines H.S. provides beginning, intermediate, and advanced photography skills instruction for students to learn digital photographic techniques and processes applied to real world experiences. Students learn from the history of photography, appropriate use of technology and mechanical use of cameras, and legal and ethical issues related to the industry. The main goal of the Photography program at Desert Pines H.S. is to prepare students with the necessary skills needed to pursue a career within the field of photography.
Originally from Mexico City, Mexico, Javier Sanchez is a multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in Las Vegas NV. He studied Archeology at Escuela Nacional de Antropologia e Historia before moving to the United States and graduating with degrees in AAA Commercial Photography from CSN College of Southern Nevada Las Vegas, NV, Studio Art from UNLV University Of Nevada Las Vegas, NV (BFA, 2012), MFA Master's Fine Arts in Studio Art from SUNY University at Buffalo, NY (MFA, 2017), and Master's in Secondary Education Humanities from GCU Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ (M. Ed. 2021). Sanchez is currently teaching at Desert Pines HS Photography Program in Las Vegas NV. His work has been featured local and nationally and it has been featured in the art magazines Art Practical, of the Bay Area, and Hyperallergic, of Brooklyn NY.
On exhibit at East Las Vegas Library from April 20 through July 9, 2023.
Monday: 10:00AM – 8:00PM
Tuesday: 10:00AM – 8:00PM
Wednesday: 10:00AM – 8:00PM
Thursday: 10:00AM – 8:00PM
Friday: 10:00AM – 6:00PM
Saturday: 10:00AM – 6:00PM
Sunday: 10:00AM – 6:00PM
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