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FedEx forklift driver James Wilson
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)
Flooding in Bloomington
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)
Bernie Sanders campaigns at Indiana University
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)
National Ernie Pyle Day
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)
Summer at Indiana University
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)
Archaeological dig at Wylie House
Elizabeth Watts Malouchos, right, a research scientist at the Indiana University Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, works with IU sophomore Lauren Schumacher during an archaeological project at Wylie House in Bloomington on Thursday, June 7, 2018. During the four week field school, students will learn archaeological field methods from Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology researchers while searching for two buried garden facilities dating to 1859. (James Brosher/IU Communications)
Elizabeth Watts Malouchos, a research scientist at the Indiana University Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, holds a piece of transferware found in the ground during an archaeological project at Wylie House in Bloomington on Thursday, June 7, 2018. (James Brosher/IU Communications)
Indiana University commencements
Stoneman Douglas teacher speaks at Indiana University
Indiana University alumna Katherine Posada, an English teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, speaks to IU School of Education students on Friday, Feb. 23, 2018. Posada survived a mass shooting at the Parkland, Florida school where 17 students and teachers were killed by a former student. (James Brosher/IU Communications)
Indiana University alumna Katherine Posada, an English teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, speaks to IU School of Education students on Friday, Feb. 23, 2018. (James Brosher/IU Communications)
Indiana University Dance Marathon
Dancers learn a new dance during Indiana University Dance Marathon in the IU Tennis Center on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (James Brosher/IU Communications)
The final fundraising amount is shown for the 27th annual Indiana University Dance Marathon in the IU Tennis Center on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017. This year’s event raised $4,203,326.23 for the Riley Hospital for Children. (James Brosher/IU Communications)