Hi, I'm Alya
I've been taking pictures ever since my dad handed me his old panasonic.
I was born in Chicago and raised in San Miguel de Allende, a small mountain town in central Mexico.
I'm currently enrolled at Hamilton College in upstate NY.
I've been taking pictures ever since my dad handed me his old panasonic.
I was born in Chicago and raised in San Miguel de Allende, a small mountain town in central Mexico.
I'm currently enrolled at Hamilton College in upstate NY.
Digital Media Intern for Hamilton College
[Clinton, NY. May 2022 - Present]
•Assist Hamilton College's visual design and marketing team by brainstorming content ideas, pitching projects, and creating.
•Photograph events for Hamilton's instagram, facebook, website artciles, etc.
•Includes illustration and animation
Senior Digital Media Tutor at Hamilton College
[Clinton, NY. May 2022 - Present]
•Assist students with digital media equipment, Adobe softwares, and printing.
Studio Assistant at Made In S.M.A. Studio
[San Miguel de Allende, Gto, Mexico; January 2018 - May 2021]
•Prepared encaustic boards by heating, mixing, and applying wax
•Printed on wide format Epson and Canon printers
•Designed a logo for the Made in SMA brand
Poster Designer for Webster’s Wine Bar [Chicago, IL; 2016 - 2019 summers]
•Developed eight marketing posters for anniversaries, and food and drink-related specials, and events
Poster Designer for Reno
[Chicago, IL; 2022-current]
•Produced one marketing poster and one postcard advertising specials
•Maintained communication with employer throughout the creative process
Photographer for Gravity Works Aerial Arts
•Photographed all team members for annual performance playbill
•Published in a newspaper article
Yearbook Photographer at Victoria Robbins School
[San Miguel de Allende, Gto. Mexico; 2018-2019]
•Directed student portraits by communicating times with teachers and managing my team in set- up
•Designed some of the yearbook page layouts alongside a team of other students
Hamilton College ('25)
Art classes:
CNMS-130: intro visual studies
Art-160: figure drawing
Art-221: animation
Art-303: advanced photography techniques, alternative processes
Art-107: art and the environment
Art-380: junior seminar (self-directed independent project)
Bard in Berlin Study abroad program. Classes:
•coming soon! (spring 2024)
Other:
Stephen Billick from the Auston School of Photography (ASOP), Photo I and Photo II
6-week digital photography classes over two seperate years
Ri Anderson and Holly Wilmeth Digital Collage
Class on Adobe Photoshop for digital collage
Shannon Reece Analog photography classes
Semester-long analog photography classes taken throughout high school
Film Photography Intern at Agave Studios
•Taught presentations on shutter speed, aperture, ISO, and light metering
•Managed dark room, prepared materials, and mixed chemicals