This past week, The Dartmouth gained 10 new photographers. Today, we challenged them with explaining their favorite photo in 75 words or less, but soon you will see their photos in your inbox, in print and online.
I convinced my friend to trek with me to a famous photo spot on the Manhattan Bridge during a trip to New York City. Arriving there, a stunning view of Lower Manhattan came into focus. I opted to take a long exposure shot, stabilizing my camera on the bridge railing. I was super happy with the result!
-Garrett Lawrence ’30
At the peak, the juxtaposition of the size of the grand mountains and hikers emphasized the cosmic insignificance of humans. Contrastingly, our guide looked on with confidence, knowing he had conquered the hike in front of him many times before.
-Carson Kochansky ’30
I took this photo in Colorado Springs, Colo., while touring colleges. I had just finished watching “Breaking Bad” the week before and was really interested in the cinematography style used in the series. It was September, and even in the sun, it was a cool 55 degrees, meaning not many people were out. I thought the contrast of the ground’s color with the sky and the subject created a cool, eerily nostalgic feeling!
-Leo Lussier ’30
I took this photo during the Knox County portion of the national “ICE Out” movement. As a local, I was able to provide a more focused perspective than other media outlets present. This image was taken from a balcony, overlooking a crowd of students, parents and bystanders who were protesting recent law enforcement activity in communities and schools. As one of my first photojournalism attempts, it proved the great power that images have in conveying stories big and small.
-Hisato Kurosaki ’30
This summer I backpacked through the Desolation Wilderness in the Eldorado National Forest with my camera and a tripod. This image was captured at sunset at Lake Aloha, just as the last light reached a small stand of trees along the sloping lakeside.
-Litong Nie ’30
In this image, a musician plays his saxophone at a football game. A glance towards the camera makes the nature of any photograph different, and I was unprepared for his. Though the glance is simple, you can feel his passion through the lens.
-Angel Barrios ’30
In the early morning hours at a primary school in a small town in Henan, China, my peers and I observed different plants around the schoolyard. Pictured here are green plums ripening just in time for the upcoming summer.
-Eileen Wang ’30
Standing on the Rue Le Regrattier on the Île Saint-Louis in Paris, my eye immediately caught the vines which swept and crawled across the intersecting street. An avid landscape painter, I always find myself looking for the green in the world around me, whether on hikes, while traveling or in my New York City neighborhood. This photo is a favorite of mine not necessarily for its composition, but for the sweet surprise of stumbling upon nature’s own way of taking control in an urban environment.
-Rhyse Edlich ’30
The wind was howling as I loaded the lift. Clouds hung low over the base, but near the summit the sun began breaking through. Gusts of wind stripped the fresh powder from the cornices and sent it drifting across the slope, while the light caught the chair ahead of me and turned it almost ethereal. Flecks of snow danced along the edges of the frame, and I was impressed my iPhone managed to capture them at all.
-Lucas de Clercq ’30
