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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Above and beyond
Gazette photographers take us to the top for views from Harvard’s most scenic vantage points.
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New learning curve
After 18 months away, Harvard students returned cautiously and excitedly to physical classrooms across campus.
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Simple brilliance
In the summertime the days lengthen, the landscape brightens, calling to mind crisp sheets on a clothesline, billowy clouds, or a crisp culinary uniform.
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Driven to provide health care
After COVID hiatus, Harvard’s Family Van gears up again.
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The serendipity of solitude
A breath of fresh air, meditation, or a yoga stretch during a “sun salutation” are simple ways to center yourself during challenging times.
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Real scenes from an online graduation day
Capturing the moments of celebration as Harvard recognizes the Class of 2021.
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The cap (and gown) on a most unusual senior year
Harvard Class of ’21 reflects on experiences, gains, and losses during a challenging pandemic year.
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Here comes the sun, on Memorial Drive
Joggers, walkers, cyclists, and skateboarders enjoy the weekend closure of Memorial Drive along the Charles River.
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They studied medicine, and suddenly COVID too
HMS students share how coronavirus and the pandemic changed their expectations and experiences of the last year.
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Rediscovering the Square
In Harvard Square, new businesses emerge and old favorites awaken after a long pandemic year.
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Where the wild things are
Capturing the creatures that grace Harvard’s buildings, gates, and shields
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The House that will be home
On Housing Day, first-year students learn where they will spend their next years at Harvard, and the Houses are as varied as the residents who inhabit them.
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A day at the beech
A photo gallery shows off the perseverance and beauty of the beech trees at the Arnold Arboretum.
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Winter wisdom
Photographers showcase decades of winter scenes on campus.
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Move-in day, without those hugs
Harvard’s campus opens up during move-in day.
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The unique and beautiful await
Artists from Harvard’s Ed Portal worked from their homes, shops, and studios to amass a catalog of treasures for sale at the fourth-annual winter market.
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Life along the Charles from sunrise to sunset
The Charles River teems with life from sunrise to sunset, as Gazette photographers witnessed.
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Autumnal exposures: Colorful moments in passing
From sunrise to sunset, Harvard photographer Rose Lincoln captured the beauty of autumn as it swept across the University’s campus surrounding community.
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Testing for COVID, ensuring safety
Harvard is testing those who return regularly to campus for COVID-19 at two locations, including Harvard Stadium in Allston. Here are photos of how it’s working.
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A symphony of seasons
Gazette photographer Kris Snibbe captures the four seasons at Harvard, paying tribute to Vivaldi.
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Architects of their future
For the first time in its history, the Harvard Graduate School of Design has four Native American students enrolled.
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An enduring bond
Four sets of roommates from the Class of 2020 gave the Gazette a glimpse of life inside the dorms back in 2017. Where are they now?
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WHRB keeps classical connections
In the time of COVID-19, Harvard student radio station pays tribute to canceled concerts.
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Harvard, in the background
Harvard’s best angles, to display in the background of conference calls.
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Harbingers of Housing Day
The background and history of the Harvard House mascots and the students beneath the masks.
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It was a week like no other
Harvard photographer Rose Lincoln returned to campus this past weekend to capture the thoughts and images of students as they readied themselves to return home.
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Authors’ aerie
A photo gallery captures authors at work in the new home of Harvard’s creative writing program atop Lamont Library.
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A case study in portraiture
For 15 years, painter Stephen Coit ’71, M.B.A. ’77, has been quietly changing the walls of campus by adding dozens of portraits that better reflect Harvard’s diversity.
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In defense of winter
Harvard photographer Rose Lincoln shows winter’s critics why they should embrace the season.
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A guide to Harvard’s toasty fireplaces
As the weather outside gets frightful, the Harvard community might find these fires delightful.