The photo desk this semester has compiled the stories of people from all walks of life. The images witnessed by our eyes and lenses and presented here serve as a celebration of life; as a means to preserve the good, the bad, the beautiful, the ugly; and as a means to keep moments captured forever in time. “That is life.”
Taking it to the Plaza by Kanan Mammadli
A large, open, flat concrete surface? Limited foot traffic? Sign them up. Some UNM alumni take advantage of an empty Zimmerman Plaza every Sunday to square off in street hockey. Lacing up their skates and competing hard, they say it offers a reprieve from their everyday work life.
Click here to see Kanan's photo essay.
A Dying Breed by Nick Fojud
Webs, plates, rollers, joggers and folds are terms that are being added to the endangered diction list, as print journalism is slowly becoming extinct.
Stateofthemedia.org states that from the year 2003 to 2012 print advertising revenues have fallen by roughly $26 million, and online revenues are on a steady incline. With this shift from print media to digital media, daily papers across the country are shutting their doors and turning off their presses.
Click here to see Nick's photo essay.
Home sweet home by Diana Cervantez
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Tent City inhabitants have relocated time and time again throughout their battle with the city of Albuquerque for the right to to call someplace home. With each eviction notice, residents learned to adapt and create new homes wherever they went. This photo essay focuses specifically on the residents’ previous location near Interstate 40 and Lomas Boulevard. The small desert plateau offered little shelter from the immense heat, but the tent city residents offered no complaints. These snapshots represent a day in the life of Tent City. The future of Albuquerque’s Tent Cities has yet to be determined.
Click here to see Diana's photo essay.
High hopes by Hannah Glasgow
Freshman pitcher Matthew Smallwood has been playing baseball since the age of 5. He has Major League aspirations, but said “there’s a lot of other goals besides winning” that he’d like to accomplish as a Lobo, such as volunteering.
“I feel like we can make a big difference in the community just because we’re a part of the UNM baseball team,” Smallwood said. “But besides that, of course, winning a couple Mountain West conferences and a College World Series would be a dream come true.”
Click here to see Hannah's photo essay.
No life without movement by Di-Linh Hoang
Dalila Baied didn’t start dancing when she was 12 years old. She said she took hip hop and jazz classes, and only began taking dancing seriously when she was 17. “I want to be a dancer,” she said. “I don’t care if I’m not a ballerina or I didn’t start at four years old.”
A December 2014 graduate in psychology and dance, Baied has danced professionally since she graduated at the Santa Fe Opera, and she recently traveled to Austria to work with a dance company.
Click here to see Di-Linh's photo essay.
A true Fighting Lion by Denise Gallegos
Isaac Velasquez, a four-sport athlete at Santa Rosa High School, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma during his senior year. Although he struggled with his illness and treatments, Velasquez continued to suit up and support his team. He has since been cured of the cancer and is now participating in baseball and track and field. Isaac will graduate high school in mid-May.
Click here to see Denise's photo essay.
Breaking norm by Derrick Toledo
New Mexico is among the highest-rated states when it comes to ethnic and cultural diversity. With that great diversity comes large numbers of cultures seeking knowledge and education. UNM’s American Indian Student Services has no shortage of Native American students seeking opportunities. The alternative spring break started with the initiative of giving back to communities.
This year featured the second annual AISS Alternative Spring Break. The group traveled to the Havasupai reservation in Arizona. The Havasupai are an indigenous tribe native to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, which is only accessible by helicopter or an eight-mile hike down the canyon walls. A group of UNM students spent their spring break on a trip to the Native land as an alternative means to traditional partying. They spent their time working on environmental improvement as well as learning about the Havasupai tribe.
