Historically significant photographs
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- Black Power Salute | John Dominis 1968 Tommie Smith (center) and John Carlos (right) give the black power salute at the 1968 Olympic Games. At the olympics they made a statement for the whole of black people so that the rest of the world knew that not all were equal in the US. This could be considered the first example of professional athletes taking the knee in solidarity with black Americans.
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- The Kneel | Michael Zagaris 2016 . Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick shook the world when he chose to take a knee during the national anthem to protest systemic oppression against people of color and ongoing police brutality. Although Kaepernick lost his job and millions of dollars for his believes, he continues to speak out for people that don’t have a voice. This photograph successfully captures an act that sparked a lot of social and political conversations that needed to be had.
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- Malcolm X | Don Hogan Charles 1964 Malcom X is holding the gun in his right hand, and pulling back the blinds on his window with his left hand. He was looking outside his Queens, New York, home to keep watch, to make sure mobs or assassins were not approaching. This image captures the danger he was in as an outspoken black man in America. A little over a year after this picture was taken, he was assassinated
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- Tank Man | Jeff Widner 1989 This was a day before the Tiananmen Square massacre, where Chinese troops attacked pro-democracy demonstrators camped on the plaza. As he captured multiple photographs of bloodied victims, scorched vehicles, and outright chaos a column of tanks rolled out on the plaza and were stopped by one guy carrying shopping bags. They tried to go around him but he stepped back into their path. They eventually forced him out of the way without killing him but not before his bravery was immortalized in the photograph
Studio Lit Photography
These photos were taken at the University of Rochester photography studio. Students used different studio lighting techniques to take headshots of each other.
Natural Light Photography
These photos were taken by the students around the University of Rochester campus. They used natural light techniques in places such as the athletic center, theater, and the quad to capture instances of their identity as well as the campus.
