A home educated girl, Laura Schmid has been selected as one of the top ten finalists in an international photography competition.
The Sony World Photography Youth competition is an annual competition open to all amateur photography enthusiasts, aged 19 and under.
There are three categories: Culture, Environment and People.
This is the email Laura received for her entry in the 2014 competition – an unusually creative self-portait, titled Hide and Seek.
Dear Laura Schmid, We are delighted to announce that your image 165026-594278 has been shortlisted in the top 10 images in the Portraits Category in the Youth Competition of the Sony World Photography Awards 2014. Your work has been selected from 139,554 images. This is an incredible achievement.
Read about another home educated young lady, who achieved in a self-portrait competition, is now studying at The Cape Town School of Photography and is already a professional free-lance photographer! Go to www.paigewood.com
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