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IU dedicates newly-constructed Mies van der Rohe building

June 30, 2021

Earlier this month, Indiana University formally dedicated a building based on designs by legendary modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Mies originally designed the structure in 1952 to be a fraternity house for the Alpha Theta chapter of Pi Lambda Phi. The fraternity abandoned the project and the little-known designs were largely forgotten. In 2013, Sidney Eskenazi, a former member of the fraternity, related the story to IU President Michael A. McRobbie, kicking off a search for the designs. The search uncovered the designs and eventually led to the building’s construction thanks in large part to a $20 million gift to the school from Sidney and Lois Eskenazi. Once completed this fall, the approximately 10,000-square-foot building will be a shared facility for the IU Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design.

Architect Dirk Lohan, second from right, gestures as he tours the courtyard of a building designed originally by his grandfather, architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, before its dedication at Indiana University Bloomington on Thursday, June 17, 2021. (James Brosher/Indiana University)

A student walks past the site of a new Architecture building originally designed by Mies van der Rohe at Indiana University Bloomington on Monday, April 12, 2021. (James Brosher/Indiana University)

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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”.

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Pamela S. Whitten introduced as Indiana University’s 19th president

April 28, 2021

Indiana University President-Elect Pamela S. Whitten speaks during a press conference at IU Bloomington on Friday, April 16, 2021. (James Brosher/Indiana University)

Indiana University President-Elect Pamela S. Whitten, left, and IU Director of Media Relations Chuck Carney walk across the IU Bloomington campus to Bryan House on Friday, April 16, 2021. (James Brosher/Indiana University)

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Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University

October 7, 2020

The Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University is pictured on a fall evening on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. Architect I.M. Pei designed the building. (James Brosher/Indiana University)

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‘Cinema Paradiso’ screening at Memorial Stadium

September 30, 2020

This year I have been struck by the visual oddness of the COVID-19 crisis. This pandemic is forcing us to reimagine things we used to take for granted like going to the movies. IU Cinema got creative and used the university’s empty football stadium to screen Giuseppe Tornatore’s 1988 masterpiece, “Cinema Paradiso.” The screening was also the final public event for IU Cinema’s founding director Jon Vickers. It’s been a great pleasure for me to work with Jon over the years photographing IU Cinema’s various events. The event was a fitting send-off and a rare opportunity for members of the IU community to gather amidst the pandemic.

A couple embraces as they watch a screening of "Cinema Paradiso" from the field in Memorial Stadium at IU Bloomington on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. (James Brosher/Indiana University) — A couple embraces as they watch a screening of “Cinema Paradiso” from the field in Memorial Stadium at IU Bloomington on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. (James Brosher/Indiana University)

Audience members watch a socially-distant screening of "Cinema Paradiso" from the field in Memorial Stadium at IU Bloomington on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. (James Brosher/Indiana University) — Audience members watch a socially-distant screening of “Cinema Paradiso” from the field in Memorial Stadium at IU Bloomington on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. (James Brosher/Indiana University)

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