Four Students Exhibit Photographs in Mundt Library

Ed. note: Dillon actually wrote this story a few weeks ago, when the exhibit was still current. Due to his editor’s oversight, no photos were available, so this story inadvertently got shelved. But considering the beautiful style Dillon used with this story, it would be a shame for it to never see the light of day. So let Dillon be your guide as you imagine the images he describes. Or, if you have a time machine, that would probably work better.

Some cultures believe that a camera can steal your soul and trap it in a photograph.

What if a camera could do something like that? What if inside of a photograph there was a little bit of the soul of a moment captured forever? The photograph would become something more than just a moment in time captured to share an experience. It becomes a real emotion, something felt and not just seen. The students taking the fall 2012 class of DAD 498 have done an amazing job of capturing the soul of a moment. Moments captured in photographs on display at the First Bank & Trust Gallery in the Karl Mundt Library.

Four DSU students have managed to capture small pieces of the ever changing sky and its soul in their works. All the celestial bodies, freedom, and raw natural power the sky offers us is captured in its beauty and grace. Each student’s photographs capture a different perspective of the heavens.

Tyler Wall’s “Nightfall” offer us a dream scape look at the night sky as it is contrasted against rustic landscapes and scenery. Across the room, Emily Robinson presents us with “Expressions of the Heavens,” a look at the majestic power of a stormy sky. Zigzagging back across the room, Paula Kappenman gives us glimpses of the freedom that a blue sky can offer contrasted against rural scenery in “Barbed Wire Boundaries.” Back across the room, Luke Arens gives us his “Colors of the Night” offering another look at the beauty and color of the night sky. Each and every photograph on display in the gallery is unique and amazing in its own way.

Maybe the sky has inspired you? Maybe you like to daydream looking at the clouds or stars? Maybe you haven’t felt either of those experience and just enjoy art or supporting your fellow student? These are all great reasons for you to stop in and check out the exhibit. No matter what your reason for going is, I encourage you to check it out and see if you can connect with the souls inside of those amazing photographs.

Featured photo: We’re cheating a little bit here, as this photo actually comes from last week’s Animation undergraduate research event. As always, the photo was taken by Tiffany Sommer. The editor, Dan Crisler, apologizes for not having any photos related to the story, due to camera troubles on his end. But hey, at least we don’t have a big black space above the headline.