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Indiana University commencements

June 2, 2021

When we started planning our team’s coverage of Indiana University’s commencement ceremonies back in March, I challenged my colleagues to “photograph the weird”. Things are weird. Document it. Document the history. My unit’s primary focus is marketing, but I have felt a big, self-assigned responsibility since the beginning of the pandemic to make sure our 200-year-old university’s history is captured. After all, I don’t anticipate much of a shelf life for marketing photos featuring masks and social distancing if the pandemic ends.

I photographed five commencement ceremonies this year. After two ceremonies here in Bloomington, I traveled to IU regional campuses in Kokomo, South Bend and Gary. The ceremonies were held without audience members in attendance making for a striking visual component to each ceremony. Commencement is arguably a university’s most important ritual – and typically one of the most photographed. By documenting it this year I hope my photos will stand in contrast to those taken in “normal times”.

Indiana University Bloomington Graduate Commencement – May 7, 2021

Indiana University Bloomington Undergraduate Commencement – May 8, 2021

Indiana University Kokomo Commencement – May 11, 2021

Indiana University South Bend Commencement – May 12, 2021

Indiana University Northwest Commencement – May 13, 2021

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