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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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‘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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Indiana University commencements

May 22, 2019

A graduate waves to friends in the audience during the Indiana University Bloomington Undergraduate Commencement at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, May 4, 2019. (James Brosher/Indiana University)
A variety of decorated mortarboards are pictured during the Indiana University South Bend Commencement at the University of Notre Dame on Tuesday, May 7, 2019. (James Brosher/Indiana University)
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Indiana University commencements

May 14, 2018

Indiana University Bloomington Undergraduate Commencement

Indiana University South Bend Commencement

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Indiana University commencements

June 12, 2017

Indiana University Bloomington Undergraduate Commencement

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Commencement

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