Hundreds march peacefully against police brutality along Seventh Street from Dunn Meadow at Indiana University Bloomington to the Monroe County Courthouse square on Friday, June 5, 2020. (James Brosher/Indiana University)
Hundreds march peacefully against police brutality around the Monroe County Courthouse square in Bloomington on Friday, June 5, 2020. (James Brosher/Indiana University)
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch speaks with Indiana University Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies Dean Lee A. Feinstein during the America’s Role in the World Conference at IU Bloomington on Friday, March 6, 2020. (James Brosher/Indiana University)
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch speaks during the America’s Role in the World Conference at IU Bloomington on Friday, March 6, 2020. (James Brosher/Indiana University)
Back in October, I got to spend a bit of an afternoon out at the Twin H Tree Farms. It was a rare excursion off campus to capture photos of the farm to go with a piece highlighting research by a professor at the Indiana University O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs revealing a 40 percent decrease in Indiana Christmas tree farms since 2002.
Twin H Tree Farms President Jeanne Hopwood inspects a Christmas tree at the farm near Bloomington on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. (James Brosher/Indiana University)
Christmas trees are pictured in a field at Twin H Tree Farms near Bloomington on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. An Indiana University study highlighted a 40 percent decrease in Indiana Christmas tree farms since 2002. The study found that the decline is likely to continue. (James Brosher/Indiana University)
Members of the Indiana University Marching Hundred perform during the IU Bloomington Homecoming Parade on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. (James Brosher/Indiana University)
People watch the Indiana University Bloomington Homecoming Parade on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. (James Brosher/Indiana University)
Last week I photographed inside the FedEx Express Hub in Indianapolis for a weekend story in The Wall Street Journal about the booming U.S. economy. I left my house at 1:17 a.m. and arrived at the massive facility at the Indianapolis International Airport just before 2:30 a.m. I’ve been in a lot of factories over the years, but I had never seen anything like this. The subject for the story, James Wilson, is a material handler who uses a forklift to pack pallets of overnight packages into aluminum shipping containers to be loaded onto airplanes. Wilson’s work area is a ballet of forklifts playing three-dimensional Tetris. It kept me on my toes. I had my head on a swivel to make sure I wasn’t walking into the path of a forklift or getting in the way of the other workers. It was incredible to get a glimpse of the intricate process that goes on while most of us are asleep.
James Wilson, a FedEx material handler, uses a forklift to load a pallet of packages for shipment at the FedEx Express Hub in Indianapolis in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. The jobless rate in the United States is near the lowest level since the 1960s, but gains are not being distributed evenly. (James Brosher for The Wall Street Journal)
James Wilson, a FedEx material handler, secures cargo netting over a stack of packages at the FedEx Express Hub in Indianapolis in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. (James Brosher for The Wall Street Journal)
A worker watches as a flooding Jordan River flows across Indiana Avenue near Franklin Hall at IU Bloomington on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. (James Brosher/IU Communications)
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT, left, speaks during a rally for Liz Watson, right, the Democratic nominee for Indiana’s 9th congressional district, in Dunn Meadow at Indiana University Bloomington on Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. (James Brosher/IU Communications)
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT, speaks during a rally for Liz Watson, the Democratic nominee for Indiana’s 9th congressional district, in Dunn Meadow at Indiana University Bloomington on Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. (James Brosher/IU Communications)
War correspondent Joseph Galloway, right, inspects the sculpture of Ernie Pyle outside of Franklin Hall during an event celebrating National Ernie Pyle Day at The Media School at Indiana University on Friday, Aug. 3, 2018. (James Brosher/IU Communications)
A veteran salutes as an honor guard raises a flag outside of Franklin Hall during an event celebrating National Ernie Pyle Day at The Media School at Indiana University on Friday, Aug. 3, 2018. (James Brosher/IU Communications)
After May, things tend to slow down considerably on campus and this year has been no exception. I’ve had fewer big shoots and more small, one-off assignments. Here are a few favorites from a mix of interesting shoots so far this summer:
Indiana University Bloomington senior Sade Roberson, an intern at the West Baden Springs Hotel, poses for a portrait at the hotel on Wednesday, May 23, 2018. (James Brosher/IU Communications)
IUPUI Undergraduate Admissions Senior Coordinator Jennifer Zotz gives an IUPUI Jaguar roar to a youngster at the IU booth during Indiana Black Expo’s 48th Summer Celebration in Indianapolis on Friday, July 20, 2018. (James Brosher/IU Communications)