Documentary Photography '24/'25

The academic year hosts a full and busy calendar. Symposia, admissions recruitment events, discussion panels, student-run events, and career and professional development sessions all form part of the pageantry of the law school year, capped by the celebration of a graduation ceremony. It’s a wonderfully rich environment for storytelling through documentary photography.

Graduating students are photobombed by an enthusiastic relative.
Graduating students are photobombed by an enthusiastic relative.
Dean's lecture series guest in discussion with the law school dean.
Dean's lecture series guest in discussion with the law school dean.
A panelist shares their thoughts during a panel discussion.
A panelist shares their thoughts during a panel discussion.
A law professor explaining a legal concept during class.
A law professor explaining a legal concept during class.
A student sits attentively during class.
A student sits attentively during class.
Students hunker down and lean into a task during a professional development session.
Students hunker down and lean into a task during a professional development session.
A student raises their hand during a class.
A student raises their hand during a class.
Editor-in-chief of the law review addresses welcoming remarks to the symposium keynote speaker.
Editor-in-chief of the law review addresses welcoming remarks to the symposium keynote speaker.
A small child and their parent calling the elevator next to a sign that reads, "Curiosity."
A small child and their parent calling the elevator next to a sign that reads, "Curiosity."
Exterior shot of a university building at night.
Exterior shot of a university building at night.
Close shot of chairs, before the bar swearing in ceremony
Close shot of chairs, before the bar swearing in ceremony
Law school dean addresses graduates at the bar swearing in ceremony
Law school dean addresses graduates at the bar swearing in ceremony
Graduates stand to take their state and federal oaths at the bar swearing-in ceremony.
Graduates stand to take their state and federal oaths at the bar swearing-in ceremony.
A graduate is congratulated by the presiding judge at the bar swearing-in ceremony.
A graduate is congratulated by the presiding judge at the bar swearing-in ceremony.
Panelists and law dean in discussion.
Panelists and law dean in discussion.
A school staff member stands at the door to their office.
A school staff member stands at the door to their office.
Students gather in a candid moment at a school event.
Students gather in a candid moment at a school event.
A member of the admissions team explains to guests how to prepare law school admissions materials.
A member of the admissions team explains to guests how to prepare law school admissions materials.
A school representative passes a guest their name badge at a school function.
A school representative passes a guest their name badge at a school function.
A law school professor presents to the audience during a student-led discussion panel.
A law school professor presents to the audience during a student-led discussion panel.
An Army JAG officer greets the law school dean
An Army JAG officer greets the law school dean
A professor is interviewed by a news station on campus, commenting on recent international events.
A professor is interviewed by a news station on campus, commenting on recent international events.
  • CLIENT:

    Fowler School of Law

  • PROJECT:

    Documentary Photography

The academic year is a busy one with a packed calendar of daytime and nighttime events starting in fall and slowing down at the beginning of the following summer, bookends to a year of college pageantry. With classic reportage and documentary photography methods, I record the life of the school and generate stills for use in digital and print media publications.

Documentary photography is a long-standing passion of mine, and consequently, I almost always seem to be carrying a camera around with me to capture the candid moments of school life. This “always on” form of “reportage” style documentary photography work has grown to be my dominant way of working as the photographs that result from this form of work are, at the same time, arresting and uncommon, and definitely not what you would call “stock” photography, which is what seems to characterize the marketing media of a great many colleges. Working in this documentary photography style has allowed me to differentiate this school from the pack and offer the reader, prospective student, parent, alumnus or interested onlooker an intimate portrait of the school in action–the way we, the school’s community of insiders, see it on a daily basis.