Jensen, Leyah

Leyah Jensenstudied photography at the Rhode Island School of Design, but her journey in photography began much earlier. As a toddler of a professional photographer, she was often staged in tutus or with a finger in the nose. Growing older, she helped lug equipment to places like Tijuana, where her father was basing a children s book. Then in her teens she completed several photojournalism assignments abroad of her own, through children s organizations such as Compassion and other orphan relief agencies. Her own experiences as a child model have taught her that you can t capture the magic of c...