{"id":11559,"date":"2019-12-08T14:24:49","date_gmt":"2019-12-08T22:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/?p=11559"},"modified":"2019-12-08T14:24:49","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T22:24:49","slug":"hamersly-library-showcases-she-a-story-of-photographs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/hamersly-library-showcases-she-a-story-of-photographs\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamersly Library showcases [she] A Story of Photographs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Never Retallack\u00a0<\/strong> | Entertainment Editor<\/span><\/p>\n

Guest artist Dongna Cai, an Associate Professor at the Beijing Forestry University Art & Design Institute, received Western professor Daniel Tankersley\u2019s guidance for her project, [<\/span>she<\/span><\/i>] A Story of Photographs, to narrate a story through photos.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It was a project that took nearly half a year \u2014 from selecting the narrative content to the actual photography work and development. There are 36 black-and-white photos that portray the lives of five female Chinese exchange students, who stayed in the United States for one year. Cai has broken up this narrative into five stages: arriving, registering, studying, enjoying and leaving.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Professor Tankersley wrote, \u201c… sincere images of [<\/span>she<\/span><\/i>] open a direct window into the lived experiences of individual women whose time at WOU is characterized by a duality of the remarkable and the mundane.\u201d He continues to write, \u201cDongna Cai\u2019s photographs remind us to be curious about the people we encounter, to take risks and venture bravely into the unknown\u2026 and to appreciate the journey.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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The photos themselves are simple in nature, but the feelings they give viewers is that of\u00a0 warmness. Seeing five women on Western\u2019s campus by the Maaske Hall, or simply at the library, the bank, the gym or their apartments, brings the viewer on a journey with these students.<\/span><\/p>\n

The five Chinese exchange students are experiencing something that many have not had the opportunity or the courage to do. It is a unique idea to present the seemingly mundane activities that seem so normal to those residing in the U.S. for years, because they are simple but foreign to those who are new to the U.S..<\/span><\/p>\n

For anyone interested in checking out the exhibit, it is available for viewing until Dec. 13 on the third floor of the Hamersly Library.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Contact the author at howlentertainment@wou.edu<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Photos by Mikayla Bruley<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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