On August 6, AS220 Youth alum Carlos De La Rosa was presented with the William K. Daby “Find Life’s Surprises” Award. Presented by Dot Daby, wife of the late William K. Daby, this scholarship award is presented to an emerging photographer from the AS220 Youth community each year to support their passion for photography, and includes a $1,000 equipment stipend and a yearlong standard membership to access the community darkroom and media arts facilities at the AS22O Industries.
The William K. Daby Find Life’s Surprises Fund was established by Bill and Dot in 2016, prior to his passing in July of that year. After more than 40 years of pursuing his passion for photography as a professional photojournalist, including a long career at the Providence Journal, Bill felt strongly about supporting the development of the next generation of photographers in Rhode Island. If you are interested in supporting the fund, you can donate to it here.
“With the help of having received this award, I will be able to continue more photography projects. Along with the equipment and the As220 membership allowing me to use the artist spaces, I will be able to further expand my ideas and grow as an artist. This opportunity means I will have a better grasp of what I can accomplish and allow me to reach for bigger and greater themes in my photography.”
—– Carlos De La Rosa
ABOUT CARLOS DE LA ROSA
Providence-based photographer Carlos De La Rosa was born in New York City and raised in Providence, Rhode Island. He learned photography at AS220 Youth in downtown Providence. Most of his work revolves around people’s stories and how he can portray that in a photograph. He works primarily in analog black-and-white photography and develops and prints his own work. Over the years, he has shifted from photographing his life to the lives of others, making sure those who have stories to tell are heard and acknowledged. Carlos is influenced by the people around him; the people that are in his stories, his family, his parents, his friends, and mentors and his past projects.
ABOUT WILLIAM K. DABY
ABOUT CARLOS DE LA ROSA
Providence-based photographer Carlos De La Rosa was born in New York City and raised in Providence, Rhode Island. He learned photography while a member of AS220 Youth in downtown Providence. Most of his work revolves around people’s stories and how he can portray that in a photograph. He works primarily in black-and-white film photography, developing and printing his own work in a traditional darkroom. Over the years, he has shifted from photographing his own life to documenting the lives of others, making sure those who have stories to tell are heard and acknowledged. Carlos is influenced by the people around him; the people that are in his stories, his family, his parents, his friends, his mentors, and his own past projects.
ABOUT WILLIAM K. DABY
William K. (Bill) Daby (1938-2016) was born in Fall River, Massachusetts and graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth with an art degree. While serving as an Army photographer, Bill was stationed in Texas and Germany between 1960 and 1963. He credited this experience to his feeling for street, architectural, and landscape photography, which served him well for more than 35 years as a photojournalist with newspapers in the Midwest and Rhode Island’s Providence Journal. He had a passion for photography and was happiest with his camera in hand. Bill was a recipient of numerous awards for excellence in photojournalism.
During his long and successful career, Bill took pictures in over 30 countries. He got himself into many unique situations to “get the shot”, including climbing a 150-foot steel ladder to the top of Iowa’s second-highest silo in order to photograph the construction of the state’s highest silo. He scaled pyramids in Egypt; went aloft in the Goodyear blimp; and flew with the Snowbirds, Canada’s Air Force precision flying team.
Past Daby Award Recipients include
2018 Patricio Coello
2017 Edwin Pastor
2017 Justin Espinal
Photo Credit: Carlos De LaRosa
