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2B Wednesday, April 4, 2012 // The Statement

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 // The Statement 7B

Letter from the Editor
by Terra Molengraff
We all take photos. Constantly. From Instagram
to PhotoBooth to personal cameras, nothing
is safe from our amateur snapshots. These are my
friends. This is my howl of cereal in the morning. We
share the photos we love in albums on Facebook,
upload them to Twitter or Flickr and send them in
text messages.
But once upon a time, the Greeks coined the word
that originates our present understanding of photogra-
phy. Thatword means "drawing with light."
This issue of The Statement is about such draw-
ings. It's about thebest photos in The Michigan Daily
this year. The people who took the photos are artists
whose brush strokes are lens snaps and paints are
light.
Perhaps it's because of our societal obsession with
documenting that we often overlook those ephemeral
moments that can't be Instagrammed and sent along in
a few hundred pixels. They're moments like an athlete
humbled by praise, the aftermath of a natural disaster
or a candlelight vigil.
To capture these moments with resonance and
integrity requires the discerning eye of an artist. It's
this artistry we're honored to share with you here.
THE statement
Photo Editor: Terra Molengraff
Magazine Editors: Dylan Cinti, Jennifer Xu
Editor in Chief: Joseph Lichterman
Managing Editor: Josh Healy
Deputy Editor: Kaitlin Williams
Design Editor: Nolan Loh
Copy Editor: Beth Coplowitz