Photography
Harvard’s campus and community through the lens of our photographers.
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Campus & Community
Unfolding the academic year
Students sample classes across campus, offering them a taste of what lies ahead
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Campus & Community
Dusting off a microscopic portion of Harvard’s Glass Flowers collection
New release shows minute details of lives of spore-forming plants and fungi
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Arts & Culture
Walking children through a garden of good and evil
Jamaica Kincaid’s new book presents history of colonialism, identity through plants that helped shape it
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Arts & Culture
What to make? Let the wheels decide.
‘Randomizer’ gets creative gears spinning in ceramic studio
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Arts & Culture
This course changed how I see the world
A photographer’s love letter to ‘Vision and Justice’
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Campus & Community
Renaming of a neighborhood
For Maya Counter ’24, honoring a notable Black educator, and setting right a historical wrong
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Everything, everywhere, all at once (kind of)
There’s never a shortage of creativity on campus. But during Arts First, it all comes out to play.
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For the young at heart, and fleet of foot
Harvard runners take on the Boston Marathon
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Instruments of change
Harvard’s female musicians claim their place onstage
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Living in Leverett next year? That’s what the carrot said.
Warm (if loud) emotions echo across Yard for Housing Day 2024
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What makes a House a home
HoCo chairs share residential life’s quirks, points of pride
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Hitting it right
Yeonsoo Kim demonstrates the difficult art of Onggi
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The year in photos
Academic and athletic highs, dramatic scenes, quiet moments, and a changing of the presidential guard
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Autumn’s tapestry
Photos capture the campus fall palette
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Capturing curiosity
Harvard labs open their doors to let a photographer record the essence of discovery
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What a difference a year makes
Students who described themselves in three words last fall get a chance to change their answers.
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New president, new year, new directions
“Why not?” asked Claudine Gay, Harvard’s 30th president, in her inauguration address, reaffirming the University’s commitment to the hard work of cutting-edge exploration and deep engagement with global challenges. But first, it was time to celebrate.
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Off and running in first week of class
Snapshots from the first week of class capture enthusiasm for the year ahead.
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‘These are all just young people like us, figuring themselves out’
High-schoolers get taste of everyday campus life through archival materials, some featuring Harvard’s most famous alumni.
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Lost in fictional maps
Fantasy worlds from Middle Earth to Westeros come to life in Harvard Library exhibit.
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Murder, misguided creativity, and other tales in salt prints
The early photo technique — and stories of people in front of, behind camera — get new exposure as Harvard digitizes vast collection.
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Happy together
Photo gallery features images that reflect moments of joy, quiet contentment, and companionship.
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‘To serve higher education’
As Harvard’s 29th president prepares to step down, we look back at a tenure marked by profound challenges and ambitious initiatives.
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Pomp and circumstance — and surprises
In photos, we look back on a week of festivities celebrating 2023 graduates.
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Arts First sets the stage for spring
Arts First took over stages, museums, and other venues across Harvard’s campus during the four-day festival.
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City of poets
Eight student poets pick a corner of the city with historical, personal meaning and read an original work.
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First lesson in Japanese boatbuilding: Don’t speak.
Students make 22-foot skiff in “silent” workshop that puts emphasis on observation — and a good hammering rhythm.
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Picture this
Over a two-day workshop, students created a charcoal drawing of someone important to them.
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An exhibit with legs
Harvard’s Pacific octopus specimen has lived on campus since about 1883. Now, fully restored, the model hangs in the Northwest Labs building.
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War-scarred land
Makeda Best on images she chose for award-winning “Devour the Land,” which depicts environmental toll of militarism in U.S.
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Our favorite pictures of 2022 have a theme: Zoom, out
Harvard photographers document the vibrant return to campus life after two years of pandemic restrictions.
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Through the looking glass
A kaleidoscopic view of campus.
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Start-the-day rite
To start the day right or wind down in peace, many of us rely on rituals, whether physical or spiritual. Here are four rituals that carry us through.
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Sniffing for smiles
Meet Sasha, newest member of Harvard police force. Her duty? To spread joy.
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Defining moment
We asked a group of first-years to tell us about themselves. Read their answers now, before they change.
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A look ’round the Square
The students and the shops may change in Harvard Square, but its spirit and streets carry on.