Group/Action Event Shots

A group of students practicing before a recreational two-hand touch rugby game gets underway on the Intramural Fields at Oregon State University. It's a beautiful day out for it. Get that win, boys!

Photographer of the Week

Horst Faas

Horst Faas won a Pulitzer Prize in 1965 for his powerful images of suffering Vietnamese citizens. He went to extreme measures to gather some of these photos, almost dying from a leg injury caused by a rocket propelled grenade December 1967. The United States army doctor that nursed him back to health even thought he was a goner. This shows that he is truly dedicated to his craft. As the war ended, he put the traumatic experiences behind him, and returned to photography in 1978, solely as a tourist. What stands out most of Faas's photos is that he captured all sorts of aspects during the war rather than just focusing on troops in action. He would photograph soldiers sleeping to show the exhaustion involved in fighting for their country. Most notably was the photograph of the Vietnamese civilians, mainly women and children, sheltering themselves from shells and explosions in a ditch near Saigon 1966. 

“Horst Faas.” The Telegraph, Telegraph Media Group, 11 May 2012, www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9260850/Horst-Faas.html.

Humans of LBCC

Stephen Pettinger

“I am a student at Linn Benton Community College who is currently studying Computer Science. After I finish up at Linn Benton, I plan to transfer to University of Portland in order to finish my degree at a school with a renowned program. I would like to venture into video game design independently, specifically at Blizzard, where I have connections at. During the last few years, I have dabbled in creating games already. I was influenced by mother, who has always been tech-oriented. She has taught me almost everything I know. Growing up, my siblings and I would always play video games together, which also helped inspire me to create games, myself.”