Sarah Borup

Sarah (William Smith ’09) is a Media & Society major and Studio Arts minor from New Jersey. She has been a member of the HWS sailing team for the past 3 years, and is involved in the dance department on campus. Her interest in photography began with her first photography class at HWS, and she later cultivated that interest while abroad in Copenhagen. She is interested in commercial and high fashion photography, and plans to pursue a career in advertising.

Josh Cerf

Josh (Hobart ‘12), originally from San Francisco, is continuing his photography studies from the previous semester. As an intended Media & Society major and Studio Art minor, Josh hopes to focus on photography and its role in cultures around the world. He plans to continue this study in a semester abroad. His interest in digital photography and photographing outdoor sports is aligned with his hobbies of skiing and backpacking. One day he hopes to shoot for a magazine such as Outdoor Magazine or Ski Magazine.

Charles Hale

Charles--who likes to be called Charlie--is from Winchester, a lovely little suburb of Boston. Charlie is currently enrolled as a first year at Hobart and William Smith colleges, with an interest in economics and the arts, with a possible concentration in photography and sculpture. Charlie is a goal keeper on the Hobart soccer team, and he also is a participant in the Hobart student government and an up-and-coming writing colleague. Charlie took four years of photography at Winchester High School which has one of the best photography programs in Massachusetts, and over the years developed a keen interest in the art. Charlie's preference lies specifically in film photography, deriving his inspiration from artists such as Robert Gillis.

Courtney Jones

Courtney is a senior at Hobart and William Smith Colleges majoring in Studio art with a concentration in painting and imaging. Courtney originates from Fairfield, Connecticut but has traveled in and out of America by studying Art in Rome, Italy. Furthermore, she spent this past summer interning with the independent film distribution company, Film Movement, located in New York City. Courtney's extracurricular activities include being an RA,dancing/choreographing in the student run dance group Koshare, being a writing colleague, and having an active role in the William Smith student government. Through her studio classes this semester and her ongoing Honors project in Studio Art, Courtney hopes to keep exploring her interests in the abstract expressionist movement.

Xiao Lin

Xiao Lin is a junior William Smith student majoring in Media and Society. She has not declared her minor yet but is considering studio art with a focus in photography. She became interested in photography after taking an introduction photography class in an after school program. In this class she learned the basics of black and white photography. The last photography-focused class she took was actually last semester at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. It was a digital imaging class where she learned how to apply basic techniques of the software Photoshop. During this class she realized she had forgotten many of the techniques she learned in B&W film photography. Seeing how easy it is to forget, spurred her determination to continue making art no matter what career path she chooses.

She enjoys taking photos of people and objects by focusing on the details of her subjects. She expressed an interest in landscape photography and would like to explore in that area in the future. She finds her inspiration in her surroundings, especially from nature. One thing she would like to own sometime soon is a fish eye camera.

Benjamin Michalak

Ben is from Fredonia, NY. He is a senior who majors in English and minors in Peace studies. Besides his interest in photography Ben is also a poet. He is currently working on a book of poetry. He considers himself primarily a writer. Although Ben almost had the chance to take a formal photography class in high school, it never did happen. So for many years, Ben has been experienmenting and looking at others' work for idea and inspiration. He prefers shooting with artificial lighting such as street lighting. The only times that he really prefer natural lighting is during dawn or dust. Between film and digital, Ben likes the hands-on aspect of film but thinks digital is definetely more convenient. This is Ben's first formal course for photography and he is looking forward to using the darkroom.

Duy Nguyen

Duy is from Hanoi, Vietnam . He is a junior and a studio art major. He is involved in various art forms, such as drawing, painting, graphic design, movie making, and photography. Duy likes to try new things and experiment with mediums that he’s not familiar with. Duy enjoys creating art and the process is a relaxing and enjoyable experience. Duy taught himself Photoshop and he’s been using it for the past five years. Duy likes how it allows him to create images that are not possible in real life. Duy also writes Photoshop tutorials online in his spare time. Duy’s favorite photographic experience was taking photographs of himself.

Amy Nimon

Amy Michelle Nimon, a native of Waterville, New York, is a sophomore at Hobart and William Smith colleges, with a double major in Writing and Rhetoric and Studio Art, with a concentration in painting and photography. Amy has a large interest in portraiture work, which she has been exploring through both film and digital photography. Amy has been able to further her interests in the arts as both the photo editor of HWS's newspaper, the Herald, and as a member of the Arts Collective. This semester, Amy wants to continue exploring her portraiture work in both natural and studio settings.

Emma Schwartz

Emma (William Smith ’12) has been studying photo for the past 3 yrs. Her interest in photography was initially sparked by her Grandfather who has established himself with travel works. Initially from Westchester Emma plans on continuing with photography focusing on international photo journalism. Her two years of high school experience were mostly in film (black & white), and this will be her second semester with digital. Emma aspires to improve her understanding of digital photography.

Jennie Seidewand

Jennie is from Rochester, New York. She is a senior and a double major in English and Art and Social Change. Jennie is interested in the way that art interacts with social progress and affects the way that social issues are discussed. Jennie has taken photography classes just this year and thinks that photography is overall a lot of fun. Before this last semester, she’d actually never used an SLR and is very intrigued by the process. She really enjoys the traditional black and white photography process, especially developing her own film and going through the print making process. For Jennie, art in general is a nice break from English and it is a way to find her voice in a different medium. Jennie really enjoys climbing up to weird places to take photographs and loves walking around with a big old camera around her neck.

Simone VerEecke

Simone Ver Eecke, a senior at Hobart and William Smith colleges, is wrapping up her studio art major this semester, with a concentration in painting and imaging. Simone, a native of Brooklyn, New York, studied at Laguardia High School of Music and Art and the Performing Arts. Simone is best known on campus as the William Smith senior class president, but is also involved in the Artist's Collective, William Smith Congress, and the student run dance group, Koshare. This past summer, Simone had the opportunity to work along side the commercial photographer Haruko at Capsule Studio located in Union Square, New York. While her interests in photography is wide-ranging, she recently has been investigating her interest in commercial photography.

Jenny Zhao

Jenny Zhao is a senior at HWS, majoring in Environmental Science with a minor in studio art and photography. She began her career in the arts while attended LaGuardia High School in New York City, where she focused on studio art and took her first photography course. The course, working in both black-and-white and digital photography, culminated in a student art show, at which Jenny sold several prints she had taken of the Gates installation in Central Park. She enjoys using soft lighting in her photographs, and is attracted to the hands-on manipulation afforded by darkroom work over the ever-changing digital processes of Photoshop. Jenny is currently trying to find a way to combine the arts and sciences, having spent last summer in an internship preserving green space with the New York Restoration Project, excited by the opportunity to give something back to the earth.