PJ Class

       This week was up to me as a photographer and my favorite assignment from this year was the environmental and mug shot assignment. So this is Elisa Maddison and she is a student at OSU studying HDFS (Human Development and Family Sciences) to pursue a career in helping adults with disabilities.  When she isn't working on homework her hobby is art. She has been drawing for the past 10 years and has found her favorite medium includes recycling old records. To do this she will sand the record to be able to paint on it or if she is working on a collage then tape and glue suffices. Utilizing her drawing skills she also draws on her tablet to sketch out designs for tattoos, stickers and future record projects.  Though she hasn't been able to currently she hopes to be able to sell her designs and stickers soon. Her main inspiration comes from her parents who are also very versed in the arts and crafts department.    

 As part of my Journalism class we are required to create a report on a photographer of our choice. For this project I chose Walker Evans, a semi-abstract photographer turned historical storyteller. Starting off in the early 30s as a solo artist, he lived in New York and had a knack for capturing the everyday life within the city. The idea that he should be asked to make a photograph conceived by someone else was offensive to his ego; in addition, there were many sorts of photographs that he had never learned to make.  From mid-1935 to early 1937 Evans worked for a regular salary as a member of the so-called “historical unit” of the Farm Security Administration (FSA; earlier, the Resettlement Administration), an agency of the Department of Agriculture, ran by Roy E. Striker. In any case it afforded Evans the means of traveling, generally alone and without immediate financial concerns, in search of the material for his art. During the late summer of 1936 Evans was on leave from the FSA

  The light-up football outside Reser stadium is a true landmark that anyone from around Corvallis or Linn county area would recognize. While the noon light gives a good impression nothing beats the football lighting up in the evening with a massive amount of people walking in during football season. A gathering of students outside of the MU courtyard counter protest a man demanding, to those who will listen, to repent their ways so they may be spared from going to hell. While he generally isn't given much attention the students gather to watch students counter his arguments and show off their signs to contrast all of the types of people he says will go to hell. Finally we have two brothers preforming football drills on the Intramural Fields. Luke Janssen (left) brought his brother, Titus, out on this beautiful day to help him get ready to play football once the season starts. Since Luke is normally studying at George Fox he got an opportunity to work near OSU for the Spring and Su

May 9th was the perfect day to walk or bike ride around Oregon State University with everyone else enjoying the sun. On SW Campus Way students traverse to their next class or lunch around 2:55pm.  Also enjoying the sun are (from left to right) Ryan Shultz, Lauren Ehlers and Logan Ramsey. All of whom are finishing up their third year of civil engineering with a teaching minor for Logan. As I'm taking pictures they discuss where they'll go for memorial day weekend, our three day weekend away from school. Finally, a big smile from Benny Beaver of whom resides just inside Memorial Union. This Redwood sculpture was presented to the MU and the students of OSU by the class of 1966, the sculpture was done by Floyd and Davis.

  Jeremy Randolph-Flagg is a geology teacher here at Linn Benton Community College whose been working here for the past 4 years. Normally he is the instructor for the Oceanography and Physical Science : Principals of Earth Science classes. This year it is his first time teaching my Historical Geology class. One of his favorite parts of teaching trying out different puzzles and activities to engrave the coursework into them in a fun and entertaining way. 

 This week we were tasked with capturing the working people that we encountered around town.  On April 29th, 2023 Olivia Robert's (left) and Michael Blains (right) were sharpening some knives before I interrupted them. These two run a knife sharpening stand at the Saturday Market in Corvallis, OR. Michael has been running this stand for about 12 years and has had Olivia's help for the previous 2 years. Their favorite part about working the stand is having people come back and express how sharp the knifes are after being sharpened; or they return with a band aid. They're busy every weekend during the Saturday Market. On April 29th, 2023 at Coffee Culture in downtown Corvallis it was a busy morning for Alexis Grundler. She's been working at this location since last May and loves how being a barista allows her to meet the community of Corvallis. She also mentioned how wonderful her coworkers are and how they are the ones that make the work days so easy and fun.