Pandemic Visual Diary
![Student Plays Pool with Mask On](/sites/default/files/styles/small_16x9/public/2021-01/DSC_0030.jpg?h=ce636304&itok=SjfhlT7b)
After an eerily silent spring, athletes returned to campus and then to their (masked) workouts, student orientation teams waved and shouted greetings to new students who gazed out from lines of cars inching their way along Main St., and students adapted familiar activities for the new environment and created new activities to meet the needs of the moment.
College Photographer Chris Record, and student photographers Claire Tatum ’24, Sydney Schertz ’24 and Zoe Ren ’24, canvassed campus to provide a glimpse of life on a college campus during a pandemic. These are some of their photos.
![Students Studying with Laptops and Masks](/sites/default/files/styles/small_4x3/public/2021-01/DSC_0066.jpg?h=623f249a&itok=MaTAN42F)
![Student Studying with Mask, Cleaning Products, Laptop](/sites/default/files/styles/small_4x3/public/2021-01/DSC_0107.jpg?h=6c55f6c9&itok=0qSGSM5K)
Photography during COVID-19 has certainly presented challenges. My background as a news photographer helped prepare me for almost anything, but this is a situation I hadn’t anticipated. But what I’ve seen is the incredible resilience and resourcefulness of everyone here at СÓÅÊÓƵ. I’ve tried to capture some of that in my images.
![Student Reflected in Art Work Wearing Mask](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_medium/public/2021-01/DSC_0343.jpg?h=c274347c&itok=HPHW9Il8)
![Students Play Instruments on Chambers Lawn in Masks](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_medium/public/2021-01/IMG_0654.jpg?h=f33d6cc9&itok=ZWEhLb8q)
![Group of students have socially distant gathering](/sites/default/files/styles/small_4x3/public/2021-01/DSC_0135.jpg?h=623f249a&itok=GssN99R8)
![Students Play Foosball in Masks](/sites/default/files/styles/small_4x3/public/2021-01/IMG_0271%20%282%29.jpg?h=a3ae212c&itok=RSxpn43a)
![Instrumental Practice Outside with Social Distance Between students](/sites/default/files/styles/small_4x3/public/2021-01/IMG_0298%20%282%29.jpg?h=f0c4d9c5&itok=nfTKAiQd)
![Student Holds Up Green Covid Symptom Tracker on her phone while wearing Mask](/sites/default/files/styles/small_4x3/public/2021-01/IMG_9628.jpg?h=0d27ee61&itok=KVjHVscK)
A college campus during a pandemic, on the surface, is less lively than a typical year. However, this has just highlighted opportunities for me as a photographer to improve my attention to detail. I was compelled to look more closely at the subjects did photograph and how I wished to portray them, as well to search for inspiration in more unusual places.
![Student by the Art Cart](/sites/default/files/styles/small_4x3/public/2021-01/IMG_2209%20%283%29.jpg?h=ee6f44c8&itok=tqW4tLUS)
![Student on Laptop Wearing Mask while Studying](/sites/default/files/styles/small_4x3/public/2021-01/Sticker1.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=60-MfZIU)
![Chalk Board with Writing by Wall](/sites/default/files/styles/small_4x3/public/2021-01/DSC_0299.jpg?h=623f249a&itok=xFo7uN5l)
![Student with Mask pets dog](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_medium/public/2021-01/IMG_0337.jpg?h=7d1533ee&itok=_0wtG2oH)
![Student Poses in Onesie and Mask](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_medium/public/2021-01/DSC_0376.jpg?h=9572045b&itok=Bgx4x3tt)
![Outdoor Dining Tables with Umbrellas](/sites/default/files/styles/small_4x3/public/2021-01/IMG_0335%20%282%29.jpg?h=fb5fb322&itok=28Vd933y)
![Students in Masks play Spike Ball](/sites/default/files/styles/small_4x3/public/2021-01/IMG_0466.jpg?h=afb66449&itok=eK3fgzKU)
This article was originally published in the Fall/Winter 2020 print issue of the СÓÅÊÓƵ Journal Magazine; for more, please see the СÓÅÊÓƵ Journal section of our website.
Published
- January 12, 2021
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СÓÅÊÓƵ Journal Fall/Winter 2020
Photography
- Chris Record
- Claire Tatum ’24
- Sydney Schertz ’24
- Zoe Ren ’24