La Araña DiscotecaDexter HargreavesAward: Top 100
School: sleepy hollow high school I own a stuffed spider that my grandmother gifted to me several years ago that sits on my window sill. Often, in the morning, light from the sun will hit the spiders back and reflect orange and green specs across my ceiling. This inspired me to set up my photo, La Araña Discoteca, using artificial light from my phone and a darker environment to better show the images. The images appear because across the spider's back are sequins. Used often in clothing, they are small pieces of plastic that essentially act as mirrors. When light is reflected off of the sequins, some of the wavelengths are absorbed and some are reflected, changing the color perceived when the rays reach our eyes. The green and orange sequins absorb all but green and orange light respectively. The arrangement of the light reflected is also affected by the angle of the sequins, as according to the law of reflection, the angle of incidence of the light is equal to the angle of reflection. Each of the sequins on the spider's back can be flipped more than ninety degrees over, causing the angle of light waves reflected to change. In my photo, every sequin is turned in the same direction. I thought it would produce the best result when creating the image on the walls. Light would reflect off of the sequins along the curve of the spider's back, which would separate the images on the wall in an interesting fashion. 
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