While the majority of 天美影视传媒 staff members are tucked away in makeshift home offices, working from dining room tables or trying to find the perfect virtual background to cover up the mess left behind by children, some jobs still need to be done in person.
These jobs clearly include the university鈥檚 extraordinary medical, facilities, custodial and housing staffs. But another role that鈥檚 often not seen is the work of our campus photographers. They continue to capture the visual stories and people on campus in a time when many of us aren鈥檛 there to see them ourselves.
UW News asked one of our campus photographers, Dennis Wise, to share some of his favorite photos he鈥檚 taken this spring, and to describe what it鈥檚 like working on campus now.
鈥淚t has been two very different campuses these past few months,鈥� Wise said. 鈥淔rom one perspective, it is an incredibly busy and exciting campus from the work in the UW Medicine facilities and the student volunteers in every place I鈥檝e visited, to employees sewing masks and the 60-plus volunteers at the UW Virology Lab doing COVID-19 testing.鈥�
But, he said, there鈥檚 another side to campus as well.
鈥淔rom another perspective, it is quiet and empty. Red Square is deserted and no one is walking through the Quad 鈥� even the buses are empty,鈥� he said.
Overall, Wise said he has been inspired by the people he鈥檚 been able to photograph over the last several months.
鈥淚鈥檝e been overwhelmed by the faculty, student and staff members鈥� passion, caring and devotion to the UW鈥檚 mission to be the best university in the world as measured by impact,鈥� he said.
The work of the UW鈥檚 campus photographers also captures how quickly life has evolved during this pandemic 鈥� from the early guidance of emphasizing hand washing and using disinfectant, to maintaining appropriate distancing and, most recently, wearing masks in public.
Here are some of Wise鈥檚 favorite photos from this spring 鈥� which highlight both the beauty of campus and the work of the university鈥檚 staff, faculty and students.
