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Nico Young, a first-year art student, said his favorite art medium is photography. When Young was in high school, he published a 12-page spread with The New York Times Magazine about life in high school through a high school student&#039;s point of view. He then published is own photography book titled &quot;Fire at School.&quot; (Bilal Ismail Ahmed/Daily Bruin senior staff)

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Nico Young’s after-school skate session ended up on the cover of The New York Times Magazine. In 2016, the first-year art student’s high school photography teacher sent his photo essay project, which centered around his two friend groups, to The New York Times’ photo editors.

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UCLA art student’s photographs allow insider look at teens’ lives

By Claire Locke

Feb. 26, 2018 11:42 a.m.