(photo by Isabel Chenoweth) A gymnasium at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, CT is transformed into an emergency medical facility in response to the Coronavirus outbreak.
The motto of UPAA is "The Visual History of Higher Education."
(text and photos by Joe Johnston) Joe Johnston is University Photographer at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, California. He's been a professional photographer since 1998 with most of that time spent at The Tribune in San Luis Obispo County, California.
(photos and text by Jaren Wilkey except where noted) Jaren Wilkey needs no introduction but here's one anyway: Jaren is a husband, father of four, LDS bishop, Brigham Young University alum, manager of BYU Photo, a UPAA "Master of the Profession," past (and future) Symposium host, and 2011 UPAA Photographer of the Year.
(text and photos by Justin Torner) Justin Torner is a staff photographer in the University of Iowa Office of Strategic Communication.
(photos and text by Quinn Russell Brown) Above: The National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C.
(above, product photo, all other photos by Joe Howell) This is the first of a new occasional series of UPAA blog articles called “Thingamajig Thursday” where we'll get a quick review of gadgets and gizmos that make our work more convenient. Why "Thingamajig Thursday?" Because I have an affinity for alliteration…and my 2nd-grader watches “Cat in the Hat” on PBS Kids.
(photo by Matt Miller) Hope Plaza at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. This is the second in an occasional series of member profiles, where we learn a little more about the staff and campuses of our member institutions.
(text and photos by Fred Zwicky) When the undefeated Wisconsin Badgers played the University of Illinois Fighting Illini Oct. 19, 2019, Illinois photographer Fred Zwicky went to the game with the idea of making some good-weather game atmosphere stock photos at what was sure to be a lopsided win for the visiting team. Things changed. By the end of the game he found himself literally in the middle of history.
This is the third installment of year-end mini reviews of gadgets, services or other products that members have used in the preceding year. (See 2018 Four Faves and 2017 Four Faves.) This year four different members each reviewed an item of their choosing.
(text by Robert Jordan, above photo by Clarissa Jordan) Nowadays renowned for his pickleball skills, Robert Jordan was, prior to his 2017 retirement, director of photography at the University of Mississippi. He has done several articles and reviews for the UPAA blog and the Contact Sheet magazine.
Photos provided except where noted, text by Glenn Carpenter, Moraine Valley Community College, UPAA president. Above left, Chris Hughes with two unmistakably 1980s photographic tools: A medium format film camera and a Vivitar 285. Above right, a more contemporary photo of Chris, who passed away in 2016.
(text and photos by Fred Zwicky) Fred Zwicky’s Features & Illustrations category image “Mastering Energy and Matter” was voted Best in Show in the November 2019 Monthly Image Competition.
(text and photos by Cydney Scott) Cydney Scott is a photojournalist at Boston University. The image above is from the photo story "BU Late at Night."
(Photo by Ken Bennett) The UPAA Board at work in Utah, November 2019
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