Spring 2020
Rockin’ the stars
Washington State University alumnus and artist Dean Karr has created videos and other art for musicians from Willie Nelson to Three Doors Down. » More ...
Photography
Summer 2019
Conserving Hanford’s visual history
Architect Harley Cowan photographs historic sites within the new Manhattan Project National Historical Park as part of a research fellowship in 2017. » More ...
Summer 2019
Gallery: Images of Hanford
Architect, photographer, and alumnus Harley Cowan photographed Hanford Site as part of a fellowship to document the historic location, now part of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park.
Read more about Cowan and the project.
Photos by Harley Cowan
Fall 2018
Briefly noted
Boulder, Colorado: A Photographic Portrait
Twin Lights: 2018
Kieffer, a 20-year resident of Colorado, captures the diverse culture and personality of the city of Boulder through his images of the city’s people, architecture, cultural events, and lovely green spaces.
Closure
Tasche Laine ’89 Comm.
Skye Blue Press: 2018
Laine’s first novel tells of childhood sweethearts Trey and Tara who fall in love through writing letters. Based on a true story, the Vancouver author’s plot follows the different paths of the young pair until they come back together after 20 years.
Winter 2012
Gallery: Seascapes from Salish Sea, Study 2
Four examples from the “Salish Sea 2” photo series by David Ellingsen
Summer 2015
Images iconic and intimate
Photographs by Vivian Maier and iconic images from the Corbis collection were featured at the WSU Museum of Art in spring 2015.
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Spring 2012
A delicious dilemma: Ingredients for a photographic still life
With Washington’s abundance of food, we struggled to limit the still life photo for our feature “A Feast of Good Things” to just a few ingredients. Besides the native, naturally occurring foods like shellfish and salmon, our state rates second in the nation in sheer number of crops produced. Here’s a sampling:
Olympia oyster While clams and other oysters reach market size in two years or less, the Olympia can take four to five years. Even then, it’s still quite small. Native … » More …
Spring 2012
A Hidden History
In 1992, Frank Hirahara ’48 sent his daughter Patti to Yakima to help his elderly parents pack up their home for their move to Southern California.
What had at first seemed a chore turned into a treasure hunt as Patti unearthed letters, photographs, and official records that chronicled her family’s experience as Japanese Americans who had spent World War II in an internment camp. “These things were hidden all around the house,” she says. She discovered notes in the buffet, letters in the kitchen cupboard, and photo negatives tucked into books.
Frank’s grandfather Motokichi Hirahara came to Washington from Wakayama Prefecture in Japan in 1907. … » More …
About the cover:Hinoki House by Michael Mathers
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About the cover:Hinoki House by Michael Mathers
Architect Rex Hohlbein ’81 sits with clients Jim and Ann in an open sliding window of their home in Clyde Hill, Washington. The Hinoki House, a new view home in Bellevue’s 1950s Clyde Hill neighborhood, is exemplary of what has become known as “Northwest style.”
A hallmark of the house is walls made out of windows which lets in light and views of the trees, pond, and courtyard. In the living room, where the windows slide away, it opens into a stunning view of Lake Washington. There is a comfortable feeling of elegance and peacefulness within, along with … » More …