\u201cI walk past the Class of 1906 gate on the average of once a day, and nine times out of 10, I will photograph it. Somebody stop me.\u201d \u2014 <\/strong>Phyllis Graber Jensen<\/p>\n “This was for a story about Sarah Fusco ’15 setting a Maine State Meet record that had been held since 1991 by her Bates coach, Jay Hartshorn, who ran for Colby. I used motion to tell the story through a metaphorical portrait, and had Fusco run by, over and over, until the moment was right.” \u2014 Sarah Crosby<\/p>\n \u201cA Lewiston businessman let me use his riverside property as a perch to photograph the Great Falls Balloon Festival. He and his daughter were within my sightline, until they weren\u2019t. I didn\u2019t see any balloons, nor did I see the two of them, until I turned around and looked up. Lucky for me that I wasn\u2019t invited to join them on the roof.” \u2014 Phyllis Graber Jensen<\/p>\n Summer at Bates is a great time to explore new photographic situations, like this shoot at Ocean Spray headquarters in Middleborough, Mass., with Peter Wyman ’86 (right), Pat Quinn ’12 and Ladd intern Kelsey Mehegan ’15. When the group showed up with hip waders (used in cranberry harvesting) and Bates gear, I knew there was great energy for this shoot.” \u2014 Sarah Crosby<\/p>\n \u201cI had just spotted pictures on Instagram and Facebook of the Amherst and Smith communities participating in campus-based Ferguson protests, and wondered if Bates students had anything planned. Not 10 minutes later, I received an email alerting me to a die-in at Commons. As a former newspaper photographer, I relish the opportunity to cover ‘spot news.’ And as a member of the Bates community, I admire student efforts to prompt important conversations about the world we live in.\u201d \u2014 Phyllis Graber Jensen<\/p>\n “Children, like Grant Bouchard watching fireworks at Reunion, come at the world with a constant perspective of wonder and curiosity. Photography has allowed me to retain that perspective.” \u2014 Sarah Crosby<\/p>\n \u201cLaundry hanging from a clothesline on the ‘tar beach’ of my New York City apartment building: that\u2019s what I imagined after seeing this foliage clinging to its vine during a pre-Thanksgiving storm on the Historic Quad.\u201d \u2014 Phyllis Graber Jensen<\/p>\n “From left, Abbey Bierman ’17, Phillip Dube ’16 and Jess Wilson ’17 drew bird’s-eye views of Bobbin Mill Brook in Auburn while I perched between branches, on a downslope, looking for an interesting view of their fieldwork.”\u00a0\u2014 Sarah Crosby<\/p>\n \u201cAs the academic year kicks off, football athletes do strength and fitness testing in the Davis Fitness Center. Testosterone filled the air like a mist. I trod lightly.\u201d \u2014 Phyllis Graber Jensen<\/p>\n “A lecture is rarely a rich visual event for a photographer, but the interaction between speaker and students afterward sometimes yields an interesting image. Silhouetted by the light of the projector, I jumped at this moment as a student receives a business card from Daniel Vannoni \u201905 after his talk on entrepreneurship.” \u2014 Sarah Crosby<\/p>\n \u201cStudents often study together, either craving companionship or collaborating on a class project. Other times they want and need to be alone. Caitrin Griffin \u201916 found both privacy and comfort on the second floor of Commons. Architects: Take note.\u201d \u2014 Phyllis Graber Jensen<\/p>\n “Education professor Mara Tieken and Muna Mohamed of Lewiston High School talk about maps from an 1873 Atlas of Androscoggin County<\/em> during a class session in the Muskie Archives. Intrigued by the historic wards in Lewiston, I peered at the pages and decided to use them as a frame for this moment.” \u2014 Sarah Crosby<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s fun to put students in a non-Bates place out in the community. This was an evening activity at Auburn\u2019s Rollerdrome for student leaders who were on campus early, getting ready for the college’s pre-orientation trips. Costumes and skills were optional, although almost everybody seemed to have some of both.\u201d \u2014 Phyllis Graber Jensen<\/p>\n “I look forward to challenging opportunities, like photographing Kwamae Delva ’18 climbing as I dangled atop a cliff face at Rumney Rocks Climbing Area during an AESOP trip.” \u2014 Sarah Crosby<\/p>\n “‘There but for the grace of God go I,'” said Kirk Read, professor of French and Francophone studies, referring to the paunch of a middle-aged Tintin statue in his Lane Hall office, where he is serving a term as an associate dean of faculty. Read\u2019s workplace is a curio shop that seems to represent the wonder and magic in his life.\u201d \u2014 Phyllis Graber Jensen<\/p>\n “After glancing out the window while photographing an evening lecture, I was instantly drawn to this scene of the men\u2019s lacrosse team playing on Garcelon Field as massive snowflakes poured out of the sky. As melted snowflakes dripped down my face and blurred my vision, I squinted through the viewfinder trying to capture something useable.” \u2014 Sarah Crosby<\/p>\n \u201cEnvironmental studies major Ben Pardee \u201915 interned at the Lower East Side Ecology Center’s E-Waste Warehouse in Gowanus, Brooklyn. I quickly decided to photograph him in front of an arrangement of discarded recordings and was pleased to learn that Becky Culp ’15, last summer’s intern, had designed the display.” \u2014 Phyllis Graber Jensen<\/p>\n “Being chewed on by a baby cow is a staple of any farm-tour experience. Kathryn Mulholland ’14 would know.” \u2014 Sarah Crosby<\/p>\n \u201cI love the short breaks between squash games because coach Pat Cosquer \u201997 uses those brief moments to motivate his players. And you\u2019re just as likely to see players offering advice and encouragement to teammates.\u201d \u2014 Phyllis Graber Jensen<\/p>\n “During The Chainsmokers’ performance in Old Commons, Geoff Ryder ’14 shot his hand in the air while vibing to the music. That was the moment I was looking for.” \u2014 Sarah Crosby<\/p>\n \u201cFor his senior thesis in theater, Gunnar Manchester \u201915 played a Vietnam War POW trying to survive alone in an underground cell. Up front and close during a dress rehearsal in the Black Box Theater, I couldn\u2019t take my eyes off his feet. They became the window to his soul.\u201d \u2014 Phyllis Graber Jensen<\/p>\n “This rugby play unfolded in front of me as I walked onto the field thinking about the best place to stand.” \u2014 Sarah Crosby<\/p>\n \u201cWhile picking up her cap and gown in Commons during graduation week, Brittney Davis ’14 savored this moment with her friend Mary Hubbard, who is the Facility Services custodian for the Wood Street residence where Davis lived. As a photographer, I live for these unfiltered moments.\u201d \u2014 Phyllis Graber Jensen<\/p>\n “The prospect of accompanying Dyk Eusden’s ‘Geology of the Maine Coast by Sea Kayak’ class on a trip to Little Cranberry Island \u2014 photographing and filming from the cockpit of a sea kayak while paddling to keep up\u00a0\u2014 was mildly intimidating. When I finally got on the water, I remember thinking ‘this is absolutely, mindblowingly incredible. My dad is going to be so jealous when I tell him about my work day.’\u201d \u2014 Sarah Crosby<\/p>\n![\"MLK](\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/12\/POY_140122_MLK_Read_Martel_14.jpg\")
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