I shot some grad portraits for Christina to send home to family. We were going for a sort of "look, I'm so smart I'm graduating" vibe, so we went down into the stacks of Tisch Library.
WBUR Winternship
Over winter break, I spent a week at WBUR interviewing and shadowing different people at the station. Here are some photos behind the scenes at On Point with Ray Suarez.
Photo Essay: LGBTattoo
LGBTattoo: Connecting to community and identity through body art I did this semester-long project for Gary Knight's class Advanced Documentary Practice, the second half of PNDP, during my last spring at Tufts. You can see it as a magazine layout in PDF format (with screen-reader accessible text) here, or read the entire essay below. Tattooing …
Article: Accessibility at Tufts
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 …
Sew-cial Activism Costume Photos
Here's something different: costumes. Last semester, the Tufts Drama and Dance Department offered a class called "Sew-cial Activism," where students studied costuming as a form of political statement and made their own political costumes. See if you can guess what all these costumes are about. You can mouse over the images to see the answers. …
Photo a Day: Charles River
Event(s): TUDS Christmas and Hanukkah Dinner
Towards the end of the fall semester, Tufts Dining always has holiday-themed dinners. The desserts are to die for. Also, I've noticed that I always, always photograph the wrong end of asparagus.
Dance Performance Photography: Spirit of the Creative
Tufts dance troupe Spirit of the Creative had me shoot their show this fall. I'm scheduled to shoot their spring show in a couple of weeks. Check out their dance moves and great energy! My favorite part of shooting dance (and some sports, depending on the players' appearances) is the way hair looks at a …
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Torn Ticket II Production: Pippin
I've shot some performances for Torn Ticket II before. I knew a little about this show from the promo shoot. But I was not expecting it to be this weird.
PNDP Final Project: Hair
The end of Program for Narrative and Documentary Practice last semester culminated in a multi-week project about a subject of our choice. I chose hair, and started calling at barber shops and salons to see if they'd let me take pictures there. I learned a lot about hair, met a lot of cool hair stylists, …