Joy

By Jesmin Begum

I took this photo at Coaching Detroit Forward’s Advanced Photography Camp in 2025. The photo is of a girl smiling with the light twinkling in her eyes.

1st Place Photography

13-18 Age Group

See the photo in “Detroit Voices” featuring the 2025 DWR Award winners.

Jesmin was born in Bangladesh, but moved to Michigan when she was 8 and has been raised in Hamtramck since. She goes to Hamtramck High School as a senior. She loves reading, writing, music, drawing, crocheting, photography and making things. She’s into photography because of the way she can capture the moment. She wants to go to the University of Michigan to study nursing and photography.