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I Wednesday, April 9, 2014 // The Statement E3

Dear readers,
I wish I could properly find the words to describe to you
what the experience is of being a photographer. To explain
the phantom itch in your fingers of pressing a shutter even
when a camera isn't strapped around your neck. To be a
chaser of moments. To find inexplicable joy in shadows,
light and lines. To see life through a frame, constantly
composing. But if I could find these words and be able to
artfully string together a sentence to describe a moment,
then perhaps I would be in the wrong section. Ultimately,
this is what photo staff does with our cameras: We are
storytellers.
To be a staff photographer is to be on the frontlines.
It s not about staying in the shadows, but instead, it is
about connecting with your subjects in order to create
photographs with meaning, emotion and integrity. Our
staff photographers spend all day searching for the
perfect frame. They lug cameras to class, run beside
football players and push through rowdy crowds. It's not
only their technical talent which makes them great, but it's
also their ability to see the world through their own lens.
So instead of words, I present to you a collection of
photographs.
Yours truly,
Ruby Wallau
Magazine Photo Editor
COVER BY RUBY WALLAU & AMY MACKENS
THE statement
Magazine Editor: Photo Editor: Managing Editor:
Carlina Duan Ruby Wallau . Katie Burke
Deputy Editors: Illustrator: Copy Editors:
Max Radwin Megan Mulholland Mark Ossolinski
Amrutha Sivakumar Editor in Chief' Meaghan Thompso
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