After being a staff photographer at the Tufts Daily for four years, I finally wrote an article. It’s about a topic I’m close to, namely physical accessibility on the Medford/Somerville campus, but I wanted to tell the story of other physically disabled Tufts students, not just my own. You can read the article, which I did in collaboration with the investigative team editor Liam Knox, here. I’ve included some of the photos I took for it below, but the article features many more, as well as some amazing work by members of the Daily’s video and graphics teams.
This accessible ramp to Eaton hall, which is labeled “for employees only,” is the only way to get into the building without using stairs. (Ray Bernoff / The Tufts Daily)
This door to West Lab leads to the accessible route from the Science and Engineering Center to the third floor of Anderson and Robinson.
The Memorial Steps, an iconic Tufts landmark, and impassible barrier for students with mobility disabilities, leads from the Academic Quad to College Ave.
Stairs in Olin Language Center lead from the basement to the third floor. Fortunately, the building has an elevator as well.
One of Tufts’ rare chair lifts can be seen in Barnum Hall.
A student sits in a staircase in the Science and Engineering Center.
There were a couple of prop cigarettes left over from production design on “Better Off,” so I smoked ’em, messed around with a desk lamp, sand took some photos. They are not as nasty as real cigarettes, but give you that same sensation of inhaling a burning plant that I kind of hate. You can…
As of this writing, my boyfriend Casey is off in Los Angeles for Emerson College’s LA program. I tried to take extra pictures of him before he left, since he’ll be there for three months. We’ve been friends for ten years and dating for five, and this will be the longest we’ll have gone without…
I’d never been to see fireworks on the Esplanade, so this year on the 4th of July some friends and I went to watch them. The fireworks were pretty, but something about the whole situation felt ominous.
Here’s what I saw and did during my 2nd week of social distancing/quarantine/whatever you’d like to call it. My family and I are all doing well and staying in the house except for grocery and TP runs, walks around the neighborhood, and to hang out on the back patio.
