One day when he was about five years old, Nash picked up his mom’s camera during his brother Jensen’s soccer game and started taking pictures. Later, when the family looked at the photos, they were amazed. Nash had a talent.
Camera in hand, Nash soon became a fixture at all of Jensen’s games. He had an eye for capturing significant moments: the determination on a player’s face after scoring, a cheerleader’s wide smile after a game-winning touchdown.
One day, a photographer named Hannah White, whose husband coached at Franklin High, noticed Nash taking photos at a game. White was impressed with Nash’s work.
“He just has this ability to capture people’s personalities in a single moment,” she says.
As more people caught on to Nash’s talent, other teams requested that he photograph their games, too. Classmates asked him to take their graduation shots. Students changed their profile pictures to images that Nash took.
White, who had become Nash’s friend and mentor, saw how important the young man had become to the community. And she had an idea: She wanted to purchase a new camera lens for Nash—one with a wide field of view that could capture a large section of a sports field in a single shot. Not only would the lens help Nash hone his craft, it would send him a clear message about how valued he was.
“I wanted Nash to know that he’s an important part of the team,” she says.
When White launched a fundraiser, community members didn’t hesitate to donate. It took just hours to raise the $2,000 she needed for the new lens.
