Portraits - James Brosher Photography

Terre Haute Mayor Brandon Sakbun

James Brosher — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 19:05:50 +0000

Terre Haute Mayor Brandon Sakbun poses for a portrait at City Hall in Terre Haute, Indiana on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. Sakburn, 28, earned an undergraduate degree from the Kelley School of Business in 2018 and a graduate degree from the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs in 2023. (James Brosher/Indiana University)

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Unwritten rights

James Brosher — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 03:58:10 +0000

Back in the fall, I spent part of an afternoon capturing Indiana University student Etain Prill while they worked in a campus printmaking studio. I was fortunate to have this opportunity as part of a recent issue of The Washington Post Magazine examining unwritten constitutional rights in the wake of a Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Writing in a concurrence to that decision, Justice Clarence Thomas called on the court to also reconsider several other cases that established such unwritten rights – including the right to same-sex intimacy established in Lawrence v. Texas in 2003.

Etain Prill, a senior at Indiana University and a research assistant at the Kinsey Institute, stands for a portrait in a campus printmaking studio in Bloomington, Ind. on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (James Brosher for The Washington Post)

Etain Prill, a senior at Indiana University, cuts out a transparency as they prepare to make a screen print in a campus printmaking studio in Bloomington, Ind. on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (James Brosher for The Washington Post)

Etain Prill, a senior at Indiana University, prepares to expose a screen in a campus printmaking studio in Bloomington, Ind. on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (James Brosher for The Washington Post)

Etain Prill, a senior at Indiana University, cleans their screen before creating a series of screen prints in a campus printmaking studio in Bloomington, Ind. on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (James Brosher for The Washington Post)

Etain Prill, a senior at Indiana University, prepares to print from a screen in a campus printmaking studio in Bloomington, Ind. on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (James Brosher for The Washington Post)

Etain Prill, a senior at Indiana University, drags ink across a screen to create a screen print in a campus printmaking studio in Bloomington, Ind. on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (James Brosher for The Washington Post)

Screen prints made by Etain Prill, a senior at Indiana University, sit on a table in a campus printmaking studio in Bloomington, Ind. on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (James Brosher for The Washington Post)

Etain Prill, a senior at Indiana University, puts away their screen after making a series of screen prints in a campus printmaking studio in Bloomington, Ind. on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (James Brosher for The Washington Post)

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IU Rhodes Scholar Elvin Irihamye

James Brosher — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 18:29:00 +0000

Indiana University student Elvin Irihamye, a senior studying neuroscience, poses for a portrait at the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at IU Bloomington on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. Irihamye, a Rhodes Scholar, plans to use his scholarship for studying at the University of Oxford to achieve his goal of making health care more equitable. (James Brosher/Indiana University)

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Violinist Mehran Fanoos

James Brosher — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 19:08:00 +0000

When Mehran Fanoos was just 7 years old, he enrolled at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music and started violin lessons with Indiana University Jacobs School of Music alumnus William Harvey. Following the collapse of the Afghan government in 2021, Harvey immediately started to think of ways he could use his non-profit, Cultures in Harmony, to help Afghan musicians long-term, including connecting them with educational opportunities in other countries. With Harvey’s help, Fanoos was admitted to the Jacobs School on a full scholarship.

Violinist Mehran Fanoos practices at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. Fanoos is the first Afghan violinist admitted to the Jacobs School of Music. (James Brosher/Indiana University)

Violinist Mehran Fanoos poses with his instrument outside the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. Fanoos is the first Afghan violinist admitted to the Jacobs School of Music. (James Brosher/Indiana University)

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Indiana University President Pamela Whitten

James Brosher — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 17:00:12 +0000

Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to make a few portraits of Indiana University President Pamela Whitten for the cover of the Indiana University Alumni Magazine. Whitten was in town for meetings before officially taking office, giving us a chance to snag her for a quick six-minute photo shoot. My colleague Chris Meyer and I worked with folks from the magazine to scout locations that morning, allowing us to quickly run her through four different “looks” near the front entrance of the Indiana Memorial Union. To light President Whitten I used a Flashpoint (Godox) XPLOR 600 fired into a Westcott 7-foot Parabolic Umbrella, a pandemic lighting gear purchase that has quickly become my go-to modifier because of the soft, wrap-around light it creates.

Indiana University President-Elect Pamela S. Whitten poses for a portrait outside the Indiana Memorial Union at IU Bloomington on Thursday, May 6, 2021. (James Brosher/Indiana University)

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Jacobs School of Music Piano Faculty

James Brosher — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 00:49:14 +0000

About a month ago I had the opportunity to photograph some faculty members in the Piano Department at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. My goal going in was to create a simple and replicable headshot style. I fired one Profoto B1 camera right feathering the light across the subjects’ faces through a 36-inch octa softbox. The texture in the background is a limestone wall about four feet behind the subjects.

Jean-Louis Haguenauer

Norman Krieger

Emile Naoumoff

Edward Auer

David Cartledge

Roberto Plano

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Wet plate collodion workshop

James Brosher — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 02:29:29 +0000

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to do a two-day wet plate collodion workshop with the great Dale Bernstein here in Bloomington at the FAR Center for Contemporary Arts. I have always been curious about the process and came into it without really any prior experience. My background was much different than the other folks in the workshop. I walked away with a great respect for everyone who is able to create beautiful images using this process. It’s incredibly hard. Really hard. I made a few images (poorly), but really loved the deliberate thought process that goes into creating each image. It’s something that can easily be lost today with digital cameras. I’d love to give it another shot again soon although it might be hard to convince my wife to keep potassium cyanide around the house with a newborn.

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Bob Auer

James Brosher — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 17:04:08 +0000

Last month I photographed Bob Auer, senior portfolio manager for SBAuer Funds LLC, at his office in Indianapolis for a story about his unique investing strategy in The Wall Street Journal.

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Zaid Karabatak

James Brosher — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:28:52 +0000

Earlier this month, I photographed Indiana University student Zaid Karabatak for a One Day/One Hoosier feature.

Indiana University senior Zaid Karabatak poses for a portrait in the Indiana Memorial Union on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. (James Brosher/IU Communications)

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New school year apparel at IUPUI

James Brosher — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 13:00:23 +0000

Here are a few images from a recent fashion-esque photo shoot at IUPUI. My task was to show new apparel available at the school’s bookstore. I don’t fancy myself as much of a fashion photographer, but I tried to treat this shoot as a miniature version of a fashion shoot. Armed with a couple of Profoto B1s, I shot all the models – student employees at the bookstore – within about a 50-yard radius of the store at the IUPUI Campus Center.

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