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A semester in photos
Bringing it all into focus
By: Derek Anderson
Looking back on this semester as photo editor of the DAILY EGYPTIAN, I am proud of the work that the talented photography staff has generated on a daily basis. Finding time between classes, midterms, homework, boyfriends, girlfriends and your typical college social life to photograph the important stories and moments that matter most can be a difficult task.
Spending late, thankless hours at a computer desk editing through the day's work can be just as challenging, but being a photojournalist for the DAILY EGYPTIAN is also an incredible opportunity to experience things no other student has access to.
From covering the trial of Carbondale's most notorious landlord to the football team's heartbreaking loss to Northern Iowa, the DAILY EGYPTIAN photography staff was there for all of the big stories of the semester. We were also there for the smaller moments, like one freshman's journey through move-in day and the fun of Makanda's annual Vulture Fest.
It has been said that photojournalism is a way of life, that we give ourselves to the subject and the art of telling a story through powerful still images. I believe that the photography staff of the DAILY EGYPTIAN has strived to achieve these standards of the profession and I hope that you will enjoy the images on the following pages as we look back at the semester that was.
