Diversity in my Yearbook Cover

As we discussed yesterday with Sharon Bramlett-Solomon, diversity is quite a big issue in some schools.  During our group sessions, we broke out and I discussed case studies.  My experience with diversity was the yearbook cover.

The first cover had a good concept, however, it didn't really show diversity in our school.  

The end result, after a many photographs, finally made the cut.  The difference made a huge different.  Some even said that the second cover makes more of a statement.

Instead of using the inside of the hands, we captured the outside of the hands so that there is more tone.  We took the picture without the sun shining, also, that helped to not highlight any of the tones either.  

We also ran around the school before the photo shoot to look for a senior wearing their senior ring. Manicured and un-manicured hands. Different sized hands. Even the white sweater is symbolic, only seniors at our school get to wear the white sweaters as part of their uniform. 

Ms. James Avery graduated from Providence Catholic School, so James Avery jewelry is really big at our school.  We normally wouldn't have promoted any particular kind of jewelry or watches on the cover, but since she is a huge donor, our administration didn't mind. (Actually they supported it!) 

This was a great learning experience for me.  I hope this sample helps you too. :)

Michelle Williams

Providence Catholic School

San Antonio, TX