University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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IMPLE objects, often passed by on the way to class, can be transformed into things with life and form and texture with the help of the camera. Light, the photographer ' s life-blood, causes the roughness of brick to spring into inter- esting realitv. The camera lens records

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CIRCULAR STAIRWAY It :kIs to Ih.- ;:nnin l llnor c l ' fTiii;iii MfiiKiiiiil I I lion. At liasc ut ' I lie stairway is tlie Uiiidii book- stiire. and. next to tlial. the rnioii po loffice. Besi ]es re«u- lar niailiiifi facilities, the post- fiffice ((intaiiiN a hox lor each stiiileiit . This ear, wlien the MiniieMita Daily newspaper inKipted hstriimli()n boxes and slopped circniat in i throut h t he Vi boxes, liltle use was nwule of them. The P() was most crowded at the bet;innin|2, of each quarter when students came after their rade reports. ALMOST DESERTED by day in Xorlhmp .Men tlie l ' niv«r itv aiul the state. World famous onal andilonnm. (ijllnr;ii ' iilt rlainnn-nt lenttT of musicians, ilanceis an l .-ptjikers performed here. IN A ROW behind Wesbrook hall stand four push-carts, used by the Audio- Visual Education service of the General Exten.sion Division to transport equipment from building to building. Besirles filling the Uni- versity ' s need for classroom illustra- tions, the service provides slides and films for other educational institutions, civic organizations and business firms. S an inlrndiK t ion lo the iU. ' t ' i (inplur. wehavf trit ' d to prrxMit (ni tlic r few opening pago our aili lic ir v of tlir year. Like tlic major portion of llu- l)ook. the pliolograph on llu-.sr pao;( s are re- productions of tilings with wliieh llir student is more or less fatiiiiiar. I it the perspective of llu- i)liidograpIui- is iini(jnc. The camera h-ns lia. ' - nu)rr than i-eeoided its siihjcet: it has ereati-d plu tograph whieli. we tliink. have heaiity and char- acter of tiieir own. The camera has ihs- guised the oh! and made it appear as the new; it has broken the tedinrji of H)5 ' -2.

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-p w lav I 1 II II I 19 ' !i I 1 ± ± ± T- I ' xistiiis; lisiht as it fulls on conimoiii)lafc things. Lt ' iiscs, tli iiiii;li tiny orystal-likc pieces of glass, can distort and. in doing so. can stimnlate many thoughts in the viewer that may c|uickly give feelings of dei)ression or elation. The camera hrings drama into the evervilav scene. IF A BUSINESS vtuilriit looked up. he would pel lliis view of Vineenl liall. THIS LAMP post, on Johnston hall. ' ould be found on an.v other buildiii)! Ilial lin.s Mall.