Monthly Archives: November 2016

Night Photography

Edgerton by Alexandra Rutkowski. A drop of water captured by chance on Tuesday, Nov. 1.

Boathouse Row by Emily Whiteman. Boathouse Row located off Kelly Drive on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2016. The houses on Boathouse Row were designed by architectural lighting designer Ray Grenald to purposefully mimic gingerbread houses.

Edgerton by Antionette Lee. Cars leave trails of light as it rains in Philadelphia on Oct. 30, 2016. 

Edgerton by Christopher Hooks. Milk droplets splash out of a dish on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016.

Boathouse Row by Yanis Sicre. The headlight of Boathouse Row shines brightly in Philadelphia on the cloudy night of Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016.

Free Selection by Ashley Cordoba. Xina, a 7-month-old kitten, rolls around on a folded rug in an unfurnished living room in North Philadelphia, Pa.

Free Selection by Lauren Vallen. The Philadelphia Museum of Art shot from the Fairmount Water Works on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016.

Edgerton by Christopher Hooks. Water appears to cascade in lines in the darkness on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016.

Portraits

Older Person by Yanis Sicre. Elvis Alan, 69, sits on a bench near the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016. “I’m not sure I am going to eat something tonight, but at least I want to find some food for my family,” he said.

Older Person by Christopher Hooks. Robert Bachman sits in his kitchen and looks out of the window. The same window that his late wife Filomena Bachman would always look out in Bethlehem, Pa. on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016.

Free Selection by Drui Caldwell. Carine Wellington, 20, majors in public health at Temple University in North Philadelphia. She is photographed in the Tyler School of Art building on Oct. 25, 2016.

Animal by Elizabeth Duckworth. Elizabeth Duckworth’s Northern Blue Tongued Skink, 16, flicks its tongue out during a portrait on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016. Blue Tongue Skinks are a native lizard to Australia and are a common pet there and in the United States.

Free Selection by Alexandra Rutkowski. Evan King, 17, answers a text he has been avoiding for the majority of the night on Sunday, Oct. 23. He was hopeful that his answer was sufficient.

Teacher by Yanis Sicre. Thom Guarneri, professor at Temple University, finishes his class in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016. He has taught the Elements of Writing class since 2002.

Teacher by Ashley Cordoba. Dr. Scott Gratson reads and critiques a magazine from Boise State University on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016.

Classmate by Yanis Sicre. Chris Hooks, 20, a Temple student, is photographed by several classmates in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016.

Tattoos, Piercings and Hair

Color by Iman Sultan. Tattoo artist Eric Guntor said he got the tattoos on his left arm over the course of ten years in West Philadelphia on Oct. 19, 2016.

Upper Body by Yanis Sicre. Luna Dahlia, 24, talks with her friend Ruby Gore in front of the Whole Foods on South Street in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016.

Hair by Christopher Hooks. Nicole Rodriguez grasps her hair saying “I have so much of it” on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016.

Close Up by Alexandra Rutkowski. Nikki Sobeck, 26, works at Street Road “No Scratch” Tattoo Parlor on Sunday, Oct. 16. She has been tattooing for six years. Nikki is getting married in October of 2017 and plans on getting the tattoos on her knuckles removed for the big day.

Hair by Marcel Lu. Trisha, 30, likes cosplay and is shopping around the store located on South Street in Philadelphia to look for a Halloween costume on Wednesday, Oct.19, 2016.

Free Selection by Yanis Sicre. Matt, 21, laughs on Broad Street in Philadelphia on Monday, Oct. 17, 2016.

Tattoo by Meghan Sears. Elena Sanchez, 22, said her tattoo “is the quintessential impulse tattoo. It is just such a versatile word” on Oct. 19, 2016. She doesn’t know why she picked the placement but smiled and said, “now it’s there forever.”

Hair by Emily Whiteman. Taylor Casella sits outside her apartment near the intersection of N. 17th and Oxford Streets. In regard to her hair she said, “everyone should have their own head at least once in their life. It is extremely cathartic and I will never grow my hair out again.”

Piercing by Whitney Johnson. Alysa Cannon, a psychology major and criminal justice minor, has had her eyebrow piercing since Dec. 2015.

Wild Things

Effects of Architecture by Elizabeth Duckworth. Shadows juxtapose as a Rock Pigeon flys into frame at 1895 North 12 St. in Philadelphia on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.

Free Selection by Elizabeth Duckworth. Mourning Doves fly above Seward Lane in Aston on Sunday, Oct. 9 2016.

Food by Elizabeth Duckworth. An Eastern Gray Squirrel hangs onto a tree with its hind legs while eating an acorn at 1331 Polett Walk in Philadelphia on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.

A Day in the Life of a Temple Student with Quotes

2:49 a.m. by Yanis Sicre. A family from New York makes a stop on the road near New Haven, Conn. On Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. “How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?” –Bob Dylan, Blowin’ in the Wind

6:58 a.m. by Ashley Cordoba. Devon Auman sits over the cold river while foggy sunrise presents itself at Graffiti Pier in Kensington, Philadelphia on Oct. 2, 2016. “Going home, going home, by the waterside I will rest my bones. Listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my soul.” –Grateful Dead, Brokedown Palace

7:15 a.m. by Antionette Lee. The sun rises over the Benjamin Franklin Bridge on Oct. 4, 2016. “The ‘Acres of Diamonds’… are to be found in this city, and you are to find them.” –Russell Conwell

2:17 p.m. by Erinn Kovar. Alex Kovar, 19, sits in her living room with her cats on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016. “Quite a lovely animal, Capitan. I find myself strangely drawn to it.” Leonard Nimoy, Star Trek

3:56 p.m. by Yanis Sicre. The Old North Church stands in the middle of the Freedom Trail in Boston, Mass. on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” –John 8:32, The Bible

4:15 p.m. by Lindsay Vallen. Carson West, 19, walks out to the rocks in the middle of the Congaree River on Sept. 30, 2016. “I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can’t see from the center.” –Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano, 1952

6:56 p.m. by Yanis Sicre. The city of Boston, Mass. prepares to sleep on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. “Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.” –Edgar Allen Poe, Eleonora

Kimmel Center

South Street by Elizabeth Duckworth. Lancelot, 62, sands a wooden sculpture of a turtle on South Street on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016. He has been creating wood sculptures for 32 years. The pictured sculpture will take him four days to make.

Architectural Study by Elizabeth Duckworth. Linear design is expressed clearly as a design element within the Kimmel Center on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016.

Street Musician by Alexandra Rutkowski. Louis Dennis plays his flute at Suburban Station on Monday, Sept. 26. This Philadelphia native has been playing for over 40 years and pulls inspiration from artists like Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole.

30th Street Station by Alexandra Rutkowski. Shaliyah and Quineeya talk before their shift starts on Monday, Sept. 26. They are both regional rail employees.

Comcast Center by Yanis Sicre. The Comcast Center is the tallest building in the cloudy sky of Philadelphia on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016.

Architectural Study by Yanis Sicre. The Atlantic Building appears through the roof of the atrium of the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016.

Man vs. Machine by Emily Whiteman. A man rides his motorcycle near the intersection of N. 17th Street and John F Kennedy Boulevard on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016.

30th Street Station by Christopher Hooks. One of the last of its kind in a major U.S. city, Amtrak’s 30th Street Solari board displays the departing trains on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016.

Man vs. Machine by Christopher Hooks. Jenkintown Building Services workers operate heavy machinery to perform maintenance on the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016.

South Street by Antionette Lee. A face protrudes from a mural on South Street on Sept. 26, 2016.

Man vs. Machine by Christopher Hooks. Maintenance crews clean the windows of the 58 story Comcast Center in Philadelphia on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016.

Street Musician by Yanis Sicre. Anthony Picataggio plays Let it Be by The Beatles in Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016.

Man vs. Machine by Yanis Sicre. Construction workers demolish the Society Hill Playhouse, one of the oldest theaters in Philadelphia on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016. “We are sad to do it but we have to,” said Chris Ammar about the building built in 1902.

30th Street Station by Ashley Cordoba. Dead flowers hang from a flower shop located at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016.

Comcast Center by Emily Whiteman. Pat Rice (right), 68, sits on a bench outside the Comcast Center located at 1701 John F Kennedy Boulevard to wait for her sister. Pat recalls her memories working with all ages of the LGBT community at Old Pine Community Center nearly 30 years ago. Pat’s sister never showed up.

Center City

Billy Penn From Above by Yanis Sicre. The statue of William Penn reigns over City Hall in Philadelphia on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016.

Street Fashion by Marlie Derstine. Sissi, 19, a student at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, shows off her style at the corner of Broad and Locust Street in center city on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016.

Comcast by Christopher Hooks. Cranes loom over the currently under construction Comcast building as rain falls over Philadelphia on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016.

Free Selection by Erinn Kovar. AC/DC superfans pose outside of Milkboy on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016. Axl Rose and AC/DC played at the Wells Fargo Center on Tuesday, Sept. 20.

Chinatown by Christopher Hooks. The Chinatown Friendship Arch marks the entrance to the neighborhood in Philadelphia on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016.

Billy Penn by Christopher Hooks. The William Penn Statue stands high over Philadelphia’s City Hall on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016.

Weather by Yanis Sicre. After the rain, an upside down world appears through a puddle around Broad Street in Philadelphia on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016.

Street Fashion by Yanis Sicre. Joella waits for the bus near City Hall on Broad Street in Philadelphia on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016.

Classmate at work by Marlie Derstine. Whitney Johnson, 20, photographs a rainy day in center city on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016.

Musician by Alexandra Rutkowski. Dave, or Samadhi X Koamane, 45, from Philadelphia plays almost every day outside of the Reading Terminal Market on Monday, Sept. 19. He has been playing music in Philadelphia for the last 15 years.

Street Fashion by Dominic Barone. Jermaine Adams, 31, is an up and coming fashion designer here in Philadelphia.

Visual Elements Two

Blurred Action by Alexandra Rutkowski.

Predominantly light with dark areas for emphasis by Christopher Hooks.

Predominantly light with dark areas for emphasis by Ashley Cordoba.

Predominantly dark with light areas for emphasis by Dominic Barone.

Framing by Marlie Derstine.

Framing by Yanis Sicre.

Formal Balance by Yanis Sicre.

Free Selection by Alexandra Rutkowski.

Framing by Meghan Sears.

Visual Elements One

Repetition of Theme by Yanis Sicre.

Formal Balance by Elizabeth Duckworth.

S-curve by by Yanis Sicre.

Converging Lines by Emelyn Cormier.

Texture by Erinn Kovar.

Texture by Marlie Derstine.

Space and Scale by David McDermott.

Space and Scale by Marlie Derstine.