https://www.gaelenmorse.com/moments daily 0.75 2025-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1654779758158-EN3MOTL9NS8NBLWKFU3H/Morse_Contactsheet_07.JPG Gaelen Morse Journalist Moments The Colors are Presented during the National Anthem, photographed through the museum’s colored glass, at a ceremony to mark Memorial Day at the National Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, Ohio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1654779758158-EN3MOTL9NS8NBLWKFU3H/Morse_Contactsheet_07.JPG Gaelen Morse Journalist Moments The Colors are Presented during the National Anthem, photographed through the museum’s colored glass, at a ceremony to mark Memorial Day at the National Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, Ohio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1717444274619-VEPU5NSJH4GN7JXED9GN/93FA4A61-15A8-4F2F-8D53-55B93819E257HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS_USA_010.jpeg Gaelen Morse Journalist Moments A member of the Ohio National Guard administers a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at a popup testing location in Columbus, Ohio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1717537762322-DA403IBZQT8K3K66SX8D/98C83DBB-509D-4E7A-BD08-CACFF48A5008USA-SHOOTING_COLUMBUS_25.jpeg Gaelen Morse Journalist Moments Hundreds of protestors fill the streets outside of the Columbus Division of Police just hours after an officer shot and killed a teenage girl in Columbus, Ohio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1654823952093-O385U5FJK3VBCPH5T3AY/FOOTBALL-NFL-SUPERBOWL_%250A%250A030.jpg Gaelen Morse Journalist Moments Cincinnati fans watching Super Bowl LVI at the Holy Grail Tavern react to a Bengals’ touchdown in Cincinnati, Ohio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1572926806069-39W1ND9BM1YH3YXVGNXF/_KXN3581%28IG%29.jpg Gaelen Morse Journalist Moments Don Withers touches the engraved name of his late wife, Mary, on their headstone after cleaning the monument and planting flower bulbs beside her that will bloom come spring in Cynthiana, Ky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1706889526508-893IO46NV77PIKLB4J5D/USA-SHOOTING_COLUMBUS_03.jpeg Gaelen Morse Journalist Moments Hazel Bryant, left, reacts after her niece, 15-year-old Makiyah Bryant, was fatally shot by a police officer in Columbus, Ohio, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1539358598314-BPMY1LIY8N2Z482TO46W/StroudsLakeFeature.jpg Gaelen Morse Journalist Moments Jack Miller, 5, of Athens, Ohio, spends the afternoon playing with his parents in Strouds Run State Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1609715992577-XYU8XT15EPD41ZIV1U6W/WildArt_SchillerPark_gm_04.jpeg Gaelen Morse Journalist Moments Katie Dawson plays fetch with her four-year-old dog Kaia at Schiller Park in Columbus, Ohio. While the autumn days get shorter and colder, parks remain as busy as ever in the evening as people try to catch every last moment of daylight before winter sets in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1610243422682-OOTNC4WAI831CPHAVOT7/gm_ICU_KyleNurse_21%28captioned%29.jpg Gaelen Morse Journalist Moments ICU nurse Kyle Day tends to a 25-year-old patient inside the COVID-19 ward of Mount Carmel Grove City Hospital in December of 2020. As COVID-19 cases and deaths around Ohio continue to rise during the winter months, staff on the COVID ICU floor of Mount Carmel work tirelessly to save the lives of their patients. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1667577831490-873XXWM24FNDJCFUH7VH/2020_05_23_Gaelen_Morse_01.JPG Gaelen Morse Journalist Moments From left, Violet Spencer, 4, Josephine Spencer, 6, Jack Spencer, 4, Eloise Turner, 7, and Charlotte Turner, 5, pile into Travis and Dianna Spencer’s 1959 Ford Edsel Ranger to watch the 2019 production of The Addams Family at the South Drive-In Theater in Columbus, Ohio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1706889523380-5BYEMZJM2CR6P7DAUZ9X/001-032823-Rainfeature_-_GMZ4221.jpeg Gaelen Morse Journalist Moments A student walks by a closed wooden booth during an early afternoon rainstorm at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1706889521310-I22ZJ0FSNNUGNR85MH71/gm_05_1.jpeg Gaelen Morse Journalist Moments Summer sunlight breaks through the trees as a woman paints the Marblehead Lighthouse on Lake Erie, Ohio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1493646387615-G50SJ5XUJAPML0HNQH6Y/untitled-6.jpg Gaelen Morse Journalist Moments Boston University rugby freshman Mats Najberg scores a try in the team's 84-5 win against Curry College in Boston. April 29, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1604279771811-97JA6Q12M81BD2745ZOY/_JXN2194%282%29+copy.jpg Gaelen Morse Journalist Moments An elderly man sits on bleachers close to a couple sharing a snack as the sun sets over the Millersport Sweet Corn Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1492871184473-FISUILQH6Q2IJD5K947N/John+Mayer+Concert+at+Boston+TD+Garden-3.jpg Gaelen Morse Journalist Moments - Singles John Mayer brought his 'Search for Everything' tour to Boston's TD Garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1547609751374-WANXKVYH8ES9MNXA72EH/_DSC2291.jpg Gaelen Morse Journalist Moments Three-year-old Jada Webb emerges from a field near her home in Pomeroy after harvesting corn with her mother. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1502937166924-DOC1LGX07CA59XDWPFYH/_DSC8247.jpg Gaelen Morse Journalist Moments Busking on Henry Street, Dublin, Ireland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1572057428089-4A6DBQ4HW5E0M7M634MI/DSC_4114+copy.jpeg Gaelen Morse Journalist Moments A net scramble occurs in front of Cornell goaltender, Matthew Galajda, during the first round of the NCAA Northeast Regional Tournament against Boston University in Worcester, Mass. Boston University would go on to defeat Cornell 3-1 to advance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1540935660521-KGO7OVQ2XSB79Z1VHBJ6/_DSC2291.jpg Gaelen Morse Journalist Moments - Singles Three-year-old Jada Webb emerges from a field near her home in Pomeroy after harvesting corn with her mother on Sept. 19, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1492885072480-PS0QDYAZ878385758XA7/Boston+University+Terriers+at+Umass+Lowell-5.jpg Gaelen Morse Journalist Moments Boston University Terriers' goalie Jake Oettinger prepares to take the ice at Tsongas Center against the University of Massachusetts Lowell Riverhawks, Feb. 10th, 2017, Lowell, MA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1510623192074-PXVDHNMFWVX84C1UEADC/Veterans_Day_StateHouse_Ceremony+by+Gaelen+Morse-1A.jpg Gaelen Morse Journalist Moments Former and current military members gathered at the Massachusetts State House for the annual Veterans Day Ceremony in Boston, Nov. 11th, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1492885450288-IW1QF8B62RENBOSTARRL/New+Years+Eve+1-16.jpg Gaelen Morse Journalist Moments - Freedom of A women stands on the Boston Common draped in a garment with phrases quoted from the 1st Amendment painted on it during the Women's March, Jan. 21st, 2017, Boston, MA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1558472082144-Q2Z232WE08PD3Y46WCS4/03-cbmao-06+copy.JPG Gaelen Morse Journalist Moments Heavyweight boxer Junior Fa walks away from his opponent Newfel Ouatah after knocking him down in the first round of the Arnold Sports Festival Pro Boxing main event in Columbus, Ohio. Fa would go on to win by TKO in the first round. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1492885333492-D1RP3566VN652DG15WO9/Midnight+Marathon+Bike+Ride+2017+-8.jpg Gaelen Morse Journalist Moments - Night Ride Cyclists ride along the route of the Boston Marathon in the 9th annual 'Boston Midnight Marathon Bike Ride', April 16th, 2017, Southborough, MA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1493645501331-APRRPS36J3I1JAHF7ZVH/untitled-48.jpg Gaelen Morse Journalist Moments A pensive Joe Biden looks out at the crowd during his speech in Manchester, NH, April 30th, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1498345737272-WPDW46JW94A0WLZ6QFHT/_DSC8247.jpg Gaelen Morse Journalist Moments Busking on Henry Street, June 21st, 2017, Dublin, Ireland. https://www.gaelenmorse.com/the-dayboat-fisherman daily 0.75 2023-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601432556384-9S3ZOSW6TGPKA8COTYTV/C75-10-MorseG-B-01A.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman The North Atlantic is home to some of the most successful fishing grounds in U.S. waters. But the small boat lobstermen and fishermen who’ve fished them for generations, called dayboat fishermen, are dwindling quickly. They must now contend with climate change, low fish populations, governmental regulation and volatile markets. Between the year 2000 and 2020, over 70% of the cod fishermen in the area left the industry. And as the Gulf of Maine warms, lobsters push north toward cooler waters, leaving some New England lobstermen high and dry. All that remains between these fishermen and their financial demise, is the steadfastness and stubbornness that has so often defined the spirit of New England fishermen. For them, it’s not just a job, it’s a way of life. There is no where else for them to turn. Only time will tell whether this is just a stretch of rough seas or the end of an era for the storied dayboat fishermen of the Northeast. Pictured: Chatham Harbor, Mass., seen from inside the wheelhouse of the DAWN-T fishing vessel. The DAWN-T is one of many fishing vessels partnering with NOAA to measure water temperatures in the Gulf of Maine, one of the worlds fastest warming bodies of water on earth. Some fishermen and lobstermen find ways to subsidize their income, including partnering with research entities who pay or can lift certain restrictions on the boats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601432556384-9S3ZOSW6TGPKA8COTYTV/C75-10-MorseG-B-01A.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman The North Atlantic is home to some of the most successful fishing grounds in U.S. waters. But the small boat lobstermen and fishermen who’ve fished them for generations, called dayboat fishermen, are dwindling quickly. They must now contend with climate change, low fish populations, governmental regulation and volatile markets. Between the year 2000 and 2020, over 70% of the cod fishermen in the area left the industry. And as the Gulf of Maine warms, lobsters push north toward cooler waters, leaving some New England lobstermen high and dry. All that remains between these fishermen and their financial demise, is the steadfastness and stubbornness that has so often defined the spirit of New England fishermen. For them, it’s not just a job, it’s a way of life. There is no where else for them to turn. Only time will tell whether this is just a stretch of rough seas or the end of an era for the storied dayboat fishermen of the Northeast. Pictured: Chatham Harbor, Mass., seen from inside the wheelhouse of the DAWN-T fishing vessel. The DAWN-T is one of many fishing vessels partnering with NOAA to measure water temperatures in the Gulf of Maine, one of the worlds fastest warming bodies of water on earth. Some fishermen and lobstermen find ways to subsidize their income, including partnering with research entities who pay or can lift certain restrictions on the boats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601167432622-804NLVQESPAS0P06JS5Z/C75-10-MorseG-B-02.JPG The Dayboat Fisherman Caroline Howlett secures lobster traps lined with bait onto the back of the lobster boat, Pot Luck, on Cape Cod Bay. It is a line of work fraught with danger, and with no guarantees of good pay. Howlett is one of the few younger people in the region to find the work worth her while. For her and her boyfriend, Toby Mason, who operates the Pot Luck, how long they’ll find this work suitable, they do not know. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1571978332096-445US2DEMAKZV2NTOHLA/_KXN1486.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman Flounder, conch, crabs and other catch sit on Tim Barrett’s deck after being hauled from waters off the coast of Cape Cod. The ground fish species that once supported hundreds of families, such as flounder and cod, can now only support a fraction of the fishermen it used to. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601426619738-WI5QPFF9LFE2AIDKNZNM/C75-10-MorseG-B-01A.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman A fisherman rows in a dinghy to his moored boat in the Chatham harbor, seen from inside the wheelhouse of the fishing vessel, Dawn T, owned and operated by Cape Cod fisherman, Nick Muto. Chatham, Cape Cod, Mass. The North Atlantic is home to some of the most successful fishing grounds in U.S. waters. But the small boat lobstermen and fishermen who’ve fished them for generations, called dayboat fishermen, are dwindling quickly. They must now contend with climate change, low fish populations, governmental regulation and volatile markets. Between the year 2000 and 2020, over 70% of the cod fishermen in the area left the industry. And as the Gulf of Maine warms, lobsters push north toward cooler waters, leaving some New England lobstermen high and dry. All that remains between these fishermen and their financial demise, is the steadfastness and stubbornness that has so often defined the spirit of New England fishermen. For them, it’s not just a job, it’s a way of life. There is no where else for them to turn. Only time will tell whether this is just a stretch of rough seas or the end of an era for the storied dayboat fishermen of the Northeast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601427532158-AAWL4371BN6XYPF5SQAJ/_JXN5830.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman Peter Mason hauls up a nearly empty lobster trap as his son Toby Mason, left, and Toby’s girlfriend, Caroline Howlett, watch from the wheelhouse behind. There is an art and a science to trapping lobsters. But despite generations of tracking lobster breeding grounds, and the science of sonar and data collection, there are no guarantees that there will be any lobster in a trap when it is hauled to the surface. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601167437413-Z1NW721I0IBNUVC5SUVP/C75-10-MorseG-B-01.JPG The Dayboat Fisherman The Port of Gloucester in Massachusetts braces for a fall Nor’easter with gale force winds that keep the entire fleet from fishing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601427085045-0F89ULY8T1UQW36CSF1I/C75-07-MorseG-01.JPG The Dayboat Fisherman Garry Sandborn looks out at the water while fastening his lobster bib pants as the tail end of a nor’easter moves through Gloucester, Mass. As soon as the weather clears, Sandborn and his crew will make their way to the fishing grounds as quickly as possible to make up for lost time in the storm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601167472824-V9O5RUJPN67PFB8A3D66/C75-10-MorseG-B-06.JPG The Dayboat Fisherman Inside Peter Mason’s garage turned workshop as he builds his own lobster pots in Marshfield, Mass. By making his own traps, Mason stands to save at least a third of the cost on each trap. As off-the-boat lobster prices continue to fall, every penny counts. Mason, like many other fishermen, voted for President Trump in the 2016 election after promises were made to ease the tight restrictions on fishing grounds in U.S. waters. No such changes have been made to restrictions in the area where Mason works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601167452396-3OMRPR09ID5NEVRGDR2O/C75-10-MorseG-B-04.JPG The Dayboat Fisherman As dawn breaks over Boston Harbor, a lone employee at the Boston Fish Pier waits to offload larger boats arriving from multi-day trips in deeper waters. The money is no longer in the small boats that have been the foundation of commercial fishing in New England for centuries. Instead, companies that own several large boats outfitted for weeks at sea, as well as the influx of cheaper fish products from international fish farms, are replacing the small boat operators at a staggering rate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601425607491-JN4DNI2M5PRUHSA7RW8F/_JXN5009.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman Lobstermen Cara Delaney stacks lobster traps on the back of the lobster boat, Pot Luck, as the sun begins to peek over the horizon on Cape Cod Bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601423438222-206N3LEQCFNLJFR4Z1WE/_DSC1958.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman The lobster boat, Pot Luck, is seen from the deck of its sister boat, the Kestrel, on a chilly January morning in Cape Cod Bay. Peter Mason’s father owns and operates the Pot Luck, but since injuring his hip, his grandson, Toby Mason, has taken over the daily operation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601850906479-7X5AI3H11LVCZFHA5YBX/_JXN0769.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman With a tattoo of a dagger on his thumb and a gentle grasp on the wheel, Peter Mason steers the Kestrel through Cape Cod Bay to Plymouth to be dry docked for painting during the lobster closure period. Wind whipped skin and tattoos are a common sight on fishing boats. The effects of life at sea and fishing culture can be seen on the hands and faces of many New England fishermen. This is the last time Mason will navigate these waters on his boat until maintenance is complete. It will be a few months until he is allowed to set traps again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601426490207-K8O1KADI91O1CI41EDL4/_KXN0372.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman A boot sticks out of a tangled mess of fishing net on the back of a truck as the crew of the DAWN-T remove an old net to be replaced with a new one. Each net, line, cage and countless other products are regulated for their build and quality in order to meet the demands of fishermen and protect the environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1579319111625-IDN9Y5CZ8O3C18BP9Y5E/_KXN4282_1.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman Tim Barrett walks past empty slips as he leaves his boat in Green Harbor, Mass. With the current state of the groundfish populations and subsequent regulations, and a two month winter closure for lobstermen to protect Right Whale calving, many fishermen now dry dock their boats during the winter because the costs outweigh the benefits of fishing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601426524610-VTW7PLYB23JXY8L982HD/_KXN1445.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman Tim Barrett gazes out over the horizon as the summer sun rises above Nantucket Sound. Trawling alone means awaking in the dead of night, hours on end of hard work and also hours with no one on board to talk to. But the unobstructed view of a rising sun over the vast body of water is not something most people get to witness during their workday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601425916079-3784W2V9LEJHCLJ0NFPG/_JXN5781.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman Lobstermen Cara Delaney runs lobster traps to the back of the lobster boat, Pot Luck, on Cape Cod Bay. Each lobster pot is weighted down to make it stays on the ocean floor, making moving them on the boat even more strenuous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601426373417-Y9N5XYKPC4047PT83AGV/_JXN6398.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman Game night at the Delaney home in Plymouth with Cara, her son, Riley, and daughter, Isabella. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1571974224971-VWW41KB91RSAYBXPIF66/_KXN3116.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman The lobster boat, Golden Girl, returns to Green Harbor at night through a dense fog in Marshfield, Mass. One of the biggest dangers of fishing in New England is one of the most obvious, weather and sea conditions. The harbor is often engulfed in fog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1571975769516-HH61LNB7FNSI87QKXWPM/_KXN0422.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman A fisherman rows in a dinghy to his moored boat in the Chatham harbor, seen from inside the wheelhouse of the fishing vessel, Dawn T, owned and operated by Cape Cod fisherman, Nick Muto. Chatham, Cape Cod, Mass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1584155596260-FEL9Z7H1WKSP7NI7HGKE/F6C8F9F0-826E-48DD-ABC3-E60DFD78CD47.jpeg The Dayboat Fisherman John Haviland, of Marshfield, Mass., loads some of the last lobster traps of the season onto his truck before state closures restrict him from lobstering from February through May. When concerns were raised about the endangered North Atlantic right whales being entangled in buoy lines, the state enacted a ban on lobstering during the whale’s foraging season. For any lobstermen holding permits in the designated ban area, a quarter of their yearly income now must be made elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601425585274-Y6337UNLUZSNH9YJDCD6/_JXN4737.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman Lobsterman Phil Mason’s garage in Marshfield, Mass., is adorned with a lobster flag waving in the early morning wind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601426578552-Q3260DA6Z2GXXWRDXBWF/_KXN4317.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman Fishermen Jamie Whittaker, left, and Tim Barrett, share a drink at the Haddad’s Ocean Cafe in Green Harbor, Mass. Haddad’s Bar used to be a fisherman’s hangout. Now it has transformed into more of a sports bar for locals and tourists. Some fishermen, such as Whittaker and Barrett, still find themselves stopping in for a drink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601426462492-224DGE4UJ2KGOJEKC3H2/_JXN9610.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman Early in the morning before leaving for Green Harbor, Delaney helps her daughter, Bella, get ready for school. By 5:30 a.m., everyone in the household is getting up and going. Depending on the day, Delaney may leave for Green Harbor before her kids leave for school. The sun is often the last thing to make a morning appearance in a fishing household. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601426517544-HITGN8L9VSARU22K01GI/_KXN4113.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman Tim Barrett carries a piece of wood to be used as deck replacement while working in the boat yard on Christmas Eve. With low quotas and low market prices, Barrett finds work on land more financially rewarding than fishing in the winter. Repairing boats also comes with fewer risks than being alone on the water, especially in the frigid winter seas. However successful working on land may be, Barrett does it as a reaction to not being able to turn a decent profit fishing during these months. Along with the other fishermen and scallopers, Tim Barrett works to prepare the scallop boat, Justice, with a new net and new cable instead of fishing on his own boat. Barrett also works as a deckhand on research vessels through the University of Massachusetts School of Marine Science and Technology. It keeps him working on the ocean without the cost of operating the Odessa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601432912805-HUKP1U6XCUVRJI5Y6JRW/_JXN5510.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman A gull narrowly escapes the spray from a crashing wave during a Nor'easter along the coast of East Gloucester, Mass. This region of the North Atlantic is known for severe weather and has been used as the backdrop for stories such as “The Perfect Storm.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601426479762-QWPJPMGIGBFLK7Q1JV2Z/_JXN8903.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman Lobsterman Peter Mason, of Plymouth, Mass., inspects a female lobster for eggs and marks her tail flipper with a v-notch. This marking signifies to Mason, and to other lobstermen that find her in their trap, the cage that lobsters are caught with (also called a lobster pot), that she is a breeding female and not to be kept but returned into the ocean. This notch will remain on her through several molts. This is a way for lobstermen to protect future generations of lobster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601426347681-AOEAF36NYWO1CK0LPSQE/_JXN6101.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman Lobstermen Cara Delaney and Peter Mason sell freshly caught lobster after arriving in Plymouth in the late morning. Using Facebook, Delaney and Mason have been able to reach customers directly, and in doing so, retain the value of lobster that has dropped significantly when selling to wholesalers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601425919792-UIMCDLUPFRE6GG9IK31R/_JXN5725.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman Peter Mason steers the lobster boat, Pot Luck, while he and his girlfriend rest between hauling lobster traps on Cape Cod Bay. Younger generations of lobstermen are few and far between compared to years past, and Mason isn’t sure how long he’ll follow in his father and grandfather’s footsteps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601850943237-X9YG98VAONQSWEC9GS5K/_JXN1321%25282%2529.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman A “Make America Great Again” hat sits alongside the catch and bycatch from Tim Barrett’s morning trawl. Man-made products, such as this hat, are often found in nets coming up from the ocean floor. Barrett believes the ground fisheries are almost a lost cause for him. He isn’t sure there is a future in it for any small boat owners in New England. What he is sure of is how much he enjoys being a part of it. “To be harvesting food for the people around me is a great sense of pride,” he said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601426194583-0GQ4UTL0GGZ9G52L565J/_JXN5811.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman A lobster perched on the side of the Pot Luck with claws open and ready to defend itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601426787995-TRVH1BSA7W84UR5Y47F4/Morse2.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman Fisherman Tim Barrett steers his fishing boat, Odessa, with his foot while trawling the waters near Nantucket Sound for conch and flounder. Fishing has an allure to outsiders that fishermen like Barrett will acknowledge, joking that few who try will succeed at it. While not everyone has what it takes, what is universal are the dangers. Barrett survived an unlikely tornado in his boat off of Cape Cod in July of 2019. Just after Thanksgiving that year, a scallop boat capsized about 25 miles southwest of Martha’s Vineyard, all but one crewmen were lost. In April of 2020, a seasoned dayboat fisherman was lost at sea while returning to port in Gloucester. The ocean is an unforgiving place. For Barrett, fishing alone is a risk, but one would never know it as he tools around Nantucket Sound, foot on wheel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601425898353-9MFX9MK6H608E5R95GV5/_JXN5153.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman Lobsterman Peter Mason and his son, Toby Mason, tune their radio to find music to listen to as they begin to set and haul lobster pots on their lobster boat, Pot Luck, while the sun starts to rise above the horizon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601426377642-UDL8QATIJ9BOWD960P16/_JXN6109.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman Scott Leddin, of Pembroke, Mass., hoists a container of freshly caught lobster from his boat onto the Green Harbor town pier in Marshfield, Mass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1584156015764-W24V05APBUJYFS97PSES/E6D57A55-7567-4F22-9C73-8BD426ECEF1A.jpeg The Dayboat Fisherman Cara Delaney, a sternman on the lobster boat, Kestrel, stacks an empty trap after pulling it from Cape Cod Bay. Since 2016, the bay has been ordered closed from lobstering between February and April by NOAA to protect the endangered Right Whale from entanglements during calving season. For lobstermen, this means January is their last chance to earn income to hold them over until Spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601426662425-IB3LZJBOXFUZSML845ND/C75-10-MorseG-B-05A.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman Fisherman Tim Barrett sifts through his catch looking for species that he can still keep as part of his yearly quota. Fisherman can only catch a certain amount of poundage each year per species of fish, often meaning they have to lease others’ quota or save some of their quota to fish later in the year when prices are better or finances demand it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601426247302-APCXUOY9U853FX1712D3/_JXN5933.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman Jonathon Dauphinee, right, talks with his son, Jared, as he washes down his lobster boat, Amanda Page. What lobstering means to Jonathon and his generation has changed for Jared’s generation. Instead of lobstering, Jared is leaning toward another line of work after high school and considering attending a trade school instead of lobstering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601426215699-6P08GVHMKSUNNIVT3L0O/_JXN5859.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman From left, Toby Mason, his dog, Huey, father, Peter Mason, girlfriend, Caroline Howlett, and sternman Cara Delaney, rest and prep before setting a new line of lobster traps in Cape Cod Bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601167484753-GUMOWH4BTWNTLV0PDSX9/C75-10-MorseG-B-08.JPG The Dayboat Fisherman Cara Delaney lines traps with bait on the deck of the lobster boat, Pot Luck, as the sun just starts to rise above the horizon. Despite lobster prices off the boat only fetching half of what they used to, combined with regulations and bans that limit the ability to catch lobster, there is no hesitation by Delaney, or anyone else aboard the Pot Luck, to wake up long before the sun in order to continue on with the work that they love. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1572042765998-Z4E9VKPPXMSETV0DLCZR/Screen+Shot+2019-10-25+at+6.31.22+PM.png The Dayboat Fisherman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1571973095221-31UH5AZXHWY0RKMHR9EV/_JXN0607.jpg The Dayboat Fisherman While offloading fish at Base New England in New Bedford, Mass., a fisherman takes a much needed break with a pack of ice in the intense summer heat. 10/10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1579925997457-CO11MY32KCOIEYTGX70E/FTSG_7742861492_LobsterHoist_01.JPG The Dayboat Fisherman Scott Leddin, of Pembroke, Mass., hoists a container of freshly caught lobster from his boat onto the Green Harbor town pier in Marshfield, Mass, on Oct. 14, 2019. Green Harbor continually ranks among the top 5 ports for amount of lobster landed in the state. In comparison the port is much smaller than other ports, such as Gloucester and New Bedford. 1/11 https://www.gaelenmorse.com/indepth-new-england daily 0.75 2023-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1576290596876-YNGUJOWEUW51D8DU5DWE/GM_Magazine.png InDepth New England As part of Ohio University's photojournalism graduate program, each student is tasked with pitching, planning, photographing, writing, editing and designing a prototype magazine. This is InDepth New England: Inside the Bay State’s historic fisheries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1576290596876-YNGUJOWEUW51D8DU5DWE/GM_Magazine.png InDepth New England As part of Ohio University's photojournalism graduate program, each student is tasked with pitching, planning, photographing, writing, editing and designing a prototype magazine. 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Boston University would go on to defeat Cornell 3-1 to advance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1604330173905-ARA4A0P6GXA3TE8MTZG3/03-cbmao-10.JPG Sports The Yarmouth-Dennis Cape League baseball team is given a pep talk by the honorary team coach before their game against Chatham in South Yarmouth, Mass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1647191633040-T3JI7OSXI2G3R5LIC1JC/SlapChamp.jpg Sports Karol “Pikolo” Wyłupek slaps Pater “Aligator” Truchlik during the Slap Fighting Championships at the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1558472082144-Q2Z232WE08PD3Y46WCS4/03-cbmao-06+copy.JPG Sports Heavyweight boxer Junior Fa walks away from his opponent Newfel Ouatah after knocking him down in the first round of the Arnold Sports Festival Pro Boxing main event in Columbus, Ohio. Fa would go on to win by TKO in the first round. https://www.gaelenmorse.com/portraits daily 0.75 2024-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1697764632741-D5YSE2LPJ1EWV7ETO843/937C054C-6587-44EC-9682-638E0EA81BE9.jpeg Portraits Brainwave science https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1697764632741-D5YSE2LPJ1EWV7ETO843/937C054C-6587-44EC-9682-638E0EA81BE9.jpeg Portraits Brainwave science https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1714220491879-1DC9JIBCSKUICY13ZKW6/AAE4CC2E-7BF3-4BB3-9C8F-ABE96E44D03F.jpeg Portraits Brandeis University graduate student Maggie Shealy, winner of the 2024 NCAA National Championship in sabre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1709381984760-8WRQEWGM5A6TXDLVEXSL/005-082423-Perry-1H7A7790.jpeg Portraits Portrait of Perry Melanie beside her sculpture at the Goldman-Schwartz Fine Art Studios. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1697764032747-1A0X4A71T25IBVGPU33B/006-072723-GSAS+Photoshoot+II-_66A1777.jpeg Portraits Graduate student Jeremy Laprade works in the Physics lab at Brandeis University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1689798693381-0PS1A5QSILX4YJ6H3XW4/001-052423-Bawi+Portrait-_66A9642-Enhanced-NR.jpeg Portraits Portrait of Bawi Mang Lian, Founder of the Chin Health Organization in Myomar, Thailand, at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1604033158947-EN4BR4V6W9GJJ4IJWLQX/OHCOL_093020_MT_Dementia+Deaths_gm_07.jpg Portraits Dr. Cheryl L Achterberg blows kisses to her 10-year-old miniature schnauzer, Rebel, in her Upper Arlington apartment, while holding a copy of a memoir written by her husband, Dr. John Brighton, who has vascular dementia and now lives in a care facility full-time. 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One of the most difficult feelings Dr. Cheryl Achterberg has ever experienced, is accepting that she could no longer care for her husband. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1709381312424-NDJEP3QIG46UDFJ2BAT0/001-021524-Zaire+Simmonds-_66A0438.jpeg Portraits Portrait of Zaire Simmonds, a Chegg 2023 Global Student Teacher prize finalist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1604084485170-CLIJJAO45Z0CUF7LX0PZ/Morse_2.jpg Portraits Multiple exposure portrait of Ohio University student Zhen Yuan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1604084664080-N43HT6V58TEN7HCIOFNG/_JXN7464.jpg Portraits Two curious pups peek out from the drivers seat of an old pickup truck in the back yard of oyster farmer John Lowell on Cape Cod, Mass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1645805383547-M0URJK0C8V90TFEO55WZ/FT_DRIVING+PARK+GARDEN+PT+2_gm_02.jpg Portraits Portrait of Marjorie Chapman, the caretaker of Driving Park’s community garden in Columbus, Ohio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1604032438844-1OSXBYSQDXGU0FKYKY1A/2020_06_04_Gaelen_Morse03.JPG Portraits Cassandra Vickers of Jamaica Plain, left, and Ife Franklin of Roxbury, pose for a portrait during a demonstration at the Soldier’s Memorial in Jamaica Plain, Boston, on June 4, 2020. Over the past week, tens of thousands of peaceful demonstrators have taken to the streets of Boston to protest police brutality, systematic racism and the oppression of Black communities across the United States. “One of the beautiful things about COVID is people had to watch TV, they had to see it,” said Franklin before participating in a march to the Boston Police E-13 District station. “People are all out here because they’re tired of oppression.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1645805376200-HG9EFCL57VTSR9MCPF3G/CEB+DearPrez_gm_03.jpg Portraits Portrait of Ann B. Walker in her home in Columbus, Ohio, as part of the portrait project “Can Joe Biden Unite Us?” “It’s not going to be an easy task,” said Walker, who is a Democrat and the former Channel 4 communications director. “I really think it’s going to be difficult simply because of the opposition. 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I appreciate having to slow down, step back and absorb more of my surroundings recently. In a lot of ways, it’s been what keeps me grounded and in motion through the day. I love to work. I love my work. And I deeply miss working in communities. Ohio is reopening, but for now, I am more content at a distance, watching the world unfold around me. Every now and again, I remember that embracing the feeling of life being turned upside down does wonders for my soul. #keepcreating https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1604339760160-DBHVAK6GVSGHEKUNJMZ6/DSC_4451.jpg Distanced Documentarian https://www.gaelenmorse.com/life-and-death-on-a-covid-ward daily 0.75 2021-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1610243422682-OOTNC4WAI831CPHAVOT7/gm_ICU_KyleNurse_21%28captioned%29.jpg Life and Death on a COVID Ward ICU nurse Kyle Day tends to a 25-year-old patient inside the COVID-19 ward of Mount Carmel Grove City Hospital. This woman is one of two patients under Day’s care during this shift. The current ratio for nurses in the Grove City COVID ICU is 2:1 but there have been times during the pandemic when that patient to nurse ratio has reached 3:1. As COVID-19 cases and deaths around Ohio continue to rise, staff on the COVID ICU floor of Mount Carmel Grove City Hospital work tirelessly to save the lives of their patients. It is here in this ward where the sickest of patients are treated. About half of the patients on this floor are intubated and sedated. Some patients will recover and eventually go home. Some of them are touch-and-go. Sadly, many people who end up here will die. This reality, of life and death, is not new to any ICU. But the ways in which this virus has taken hold of the world, has changed not only how hospitals must operate, it has left a lasting impression on the medical personnel who work here. On the surface of their skin, indentations are made from masks and a constant sheen from sweat and oil lingers on their faces. What can be likened to the look of a thousand-yard stare glosses over their eyes by midday, but there is never a moment when their attention wanders. Time must be taken to don protective gear before entering any room, regardless if the patient is stable or coding. Gear must be removed and discarded or sanitized before and after exiting each room. The deeper impressions go home with the staff. Throughout the day, difficult calls must be made to families explaining the options they have left. A nurse may end their shift one day having gotten to know a patient only to return for their next shift and discover their patient crashed in the middle of the night. Hours are spent discussing oxygen levels, looking over EKG printouts, and simply watching patients to measure progress. This is not new to staff but the rate at which it is occurring is shocking. Despite this, there is still a constant uplifting chatter, smiles and laughs are exchanged between nurses and technicians as they do what anyone would do: discuss Netflix shows, joke about the quickly dwindling box of HoHos in the break room or groan with disappointment to find out their favorite person to work with is being moved elsewhere. Some nurses are embedded from other hospitals, even other states, but they seemingly fit right in with the team. The process repeats for 12 hours until a new shift rotates in, day in and day out. The staggering rate of cases translate simply — there is an ever increasing amount of this exhausting work to be done. Medical staff in the ICU are trained for this, most are hardened, but they are human. The work has and will continue to take its toll, physically and emotionally. To them, it’s just another day. They’re used to it. To some of the public, it’s hard to fathom that daily burden. “There are some nights where I feel like I just don’t want to go back,” ICU nurse Kyle Day said. “But I have to. I have to for my patients.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1610243422682-OOTNC4WAI831CPHAVOT7/gm_ICU_KyleNurse_21%28captioned%29.jpg Life and Death on a COVID Ward ICU nurse Kyle Day tends to a 25-year-old patient inside the COVID-19 ward of Mount Carmel Grove City Hospital. This woman is one of two patients under Day’s care during this shift. The current ratio for nurses in the Grove City COVID ICU is 2:1 but there have been times during the pandemic when that patient to nurse ratio has reached 3:1. As COVID-19 cases and deaths around Ohio continue to rise, staff on the COVID ICU floor of Mount Carmel Grove City Hospital work tirelessly to save the lives of their patients. It is here in this ward where the sickest of patients are treated. About half of the patients on this floor are intubated and sedated. Some patients will recover and eventually go home. Some of them are touch-and-go. Sadly, many people who end up here will die. This reality, of life and death, is not new to any ICU. But the ways in which this virus has taken hold of the world, has changed not only how hospitals must operate, it has left a lasting impression on the medical personnel who work here. On the surface of their skin, indentations are made from masks and a constant sheen from sweat and oil lingers on their faces. What can be likened to the look of a thousand-yard stare glosses over their eyes by midday, but there is never a moment when their attention wanders. Time must be taken to don protective gear before entering any room, regardless if the patient is stable or coding. Gear must be removed and discarded or sanitized before and after exiting each room. The deeper impressions go home with the staff. Throughout the day, difficult calls must be made to families explaining the options they have left. A nurse may end their shift one day having gotten to know a patient only to return for their next shift and discover their patient crashed in the middle of the night. Hours are spent discussing oxygen levels, looking over EKG printouts, and simply watching patients to measure progress. This is not new to staff but the rate at which it is occurring is shocking. Despite this, there is still a constant uplifting chatter, smiles and laughs are exchanged between nurses and technicians as they do what anyone would do: discuss Netflix shows, joke about the quickly dwindling box of HoHos in the break room or groan with disappointment to find out their favorite person to work with is being moved elsewhere. Some nurses are embedded from other hospitals, even other states, but they seemingly fit right in with the team. The process repeats for 12 hours until a new shift rotates in, day in and day out. The staggering rate of cases translate simply — there is an ever increasing amount of this exhausting work to be done. Medical staff in the ICU are trained for this, most are hardened, but they are human. The work has and will continue to take its toll, physically and emotionally. To them, it’s just another day. They’re used to it. To some of the public, it’s hard to fathom that daily burden. “There are some nights where I feel like I just don’t want to go back,” ICU nurse Kyle Day said. “But I have to. I have to for my patients.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1610497024719-XZDUFR3HH74VGX73ZCJG/CEB+Covid+Ward_gm_08.JPG Life and Death on a COVID Ward ICU nurses start their 12-hour shift with a huddle and are given updates before rotating with the nurses inside Mount Carmel Grove City Hospital’s COVID-19 ward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1610243008348-VG4F4KG2SF3FP2Z1JJIJ/2020_12_22_Gaelen_Morse_08.JPG Life and Death on a COVID Ward Respiratory therapist Brenda Clingerman puts on personal protective equipment before entering a patients room during her shift inside Mount Carmel Grove City Hospital’s COVID-19 ward. Medical staff must take time to don protective equipment before entering any room regardless if a patient is stable, or coding and in need of immediate medial attention when time is precious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1615252956162-YRI9N7ST9SVPZ9KIJUOC/GM_06.JPG Life and Death on a COVID Ward A 25-year-old patient with an underlying health condition receives treatment for the COVID-19 virus inside the ICU. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1610497001666-A1KA6Q898HWLR073JEKE/CEB+Covid+Ward_gm_41.JPG Life and Death on a COVID Ward A patient’s room is reflected in glass along the hallway of the ward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1610243094818-NR6UWEL99LLEDTJFIU9O/2020_12_22_Gaelen_Morse_26.JPG Life and Death on a COVID Ward ICU nurse Rachael Vogel, center, awaits word from first-year resident Dr. Christopher Wing while Wing looks over results with the respiratory therapist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1615253050372-MUVMA03W0QA9DQL19CPH/GM_04.JPG Life and Death on a COVID Ward Indentations are left on ICU nurse Kyle Day’s face after removing his medical mask. After just a few hours, the glean of oil and sweat is visible on staff members and the drain of working over 60 hours prior week lingers on Day’s face. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1610243009336-5OBXRZGPXUZ4Y9H9C9VJ/2020_12_22_Gaelen_Morse_09.JPG Life and Death on a COVID Ward ICU nurse Kyle Day sanitizes a face shield after leaving a patient’s room. Precautions taken inside COVID wards are likely some of the most stringent taken around the country but the risk of the virus remains high for staff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1610497258326-ADE644ZHPL1SZOVVFP6K/gm_portfolio_02.jpg Life and Death on a COVID Ward A patient is transported with protective covering from the restricted wing of the ICU. Many aspects of providing medical care, such as moving patients around the hospital, must be reevaluated to assure other patients, staff and the general public are kept safe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1615252942245-QWXQ2PACQU822FH18BA9/GM_08.JPG Life and Death on a COVID Ward ICU nurse Lindsay Harrison rests her hand on her head as she talks her co-workers at the end of her 12-hour shift inside Mount Carmel Grove City Hospital’s COVID-19 ward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1610243011954-I7XMA7R9O3QF1C7DN0HH/2020_12_22_Gaelen_Morse_11.JPG Life and Death on a COVID Ward A medical staff themed Christmas tree sits in the lobby of the hospital. Hospital workers try their best to keep holiday cheer in the air despite the quickly rising number of COVID cases, hospitalizations and deaths around the state. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1610336927539-2OYJ2JY3P0EPHY3I4B52/gm_ICU_KyleNurse_07.jpeg Life and Death on a COVID Ward First-year resident Dr. Christopher Wing observes his patient through a glass door that separates each highly contagious patient from unprotected staff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1610243087955-J03BAHIXSJYP79E6CCZS/2020_12_22_Gaelen_Morse_25.JPG Life and Death on a COVID Ward Stethoscopes hang on the wall of the staff break room as the sun sets outside of Mount Carmel Grove City Hospital. https://www.gaelenmorse.com/politics daily 0.75 2026-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1668271702230-4XN8XRL8PGEEQ53KAHV8/54D17BDE-EFAF-4B32-AA6E-ABF27E1D01D8.jpeg Politics U.S. Senate Republican candidate JD Vance speaks at a rally held by former President Donald Trump to support Republican candidates ahead of the midterm elections, in Dayton, Ohio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1668271702230-4XN8XRL8PGEEQ53KAHV8/54D17BDE-EFAF-4B32-AA6E-ABF27E1D01D8.jpeg Politics U.S. Senate Republican candidate JD Vance speaks at a rally held by former President Donald Trump to support Republican candidates ahead of the midterm elections, in Dayton, Ohio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1706188574431-LNU7U48MP1YJ4B2182TE/NH+Primary-13.jpeg Politics A voter casts their ballot for the presidential primaries at a polling station inside Hillside Middle school in Manchester, NH. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1664495898255-5QPLH02LHEQNX3UFJCWE/USA-ELECTION_OHIO_041.jpeg Politics An attendee picks up a sign that fell from a chair during a campaign event hosted by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and JD Vance in Youngstown, Ohio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1664385984534-C72WYSCUQ1P6SGP00O5L/_DSC2530.jpg Politics Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene awaits the signal for her to take the stage at a Trump rally in Youngstown, Ohio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1659298004109-82REJMK9HO4RIDAH153V/USA-ELECTION_OHIO_013.jpg Politics Just days after former President Trump endorsed a different candidate, U.S. Senate Republican candidate Josh Mandel speaks to a crowd of supporters during a campaign event in Cortland, Ohio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1659297554194-WR5ME63YVO6DIKBVG80Q/USA-ELECTION_OHIO_027.jpg Politics Retired Lt. Gen. Flynn hugs a supporter while stumping for U.S. Senate Republican candidate Josh Mandel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1654779716220-LA8QS0K0UF9ZZTPJT1AD/Morse_003.png Politics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1668353306801-P81F8O43FM59WOK0PME4/C4CA9EB1-93AF-4F12-8E9B-97CA94AF7D70.jpeg Politics Attendees listen to Republican candidates at a rally hosted by former U.S. President Donald Trump on the eve of the midterm elections in Ohio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1659297453424-0UU43GMXFZ30MI4R2BDM/MandelCruz_Ohio_010.jpg Politics U.S. Senator Ted Cruz speaks to undecided voters at a campaign rally for Josh Mandel ahead of the 2022 midterm primary election in Columbus, Ohio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1659297430863-A0JMLWT372KHIRKAOC3C/IMG_3108.jpeg Politics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1659297430309-CQPT10X0MGLOEIKC2FO0/02_Trump.jpg Politics Former President Trump gestures while criticizing the Biden Administration during a rally to endorse U.S. Senate candidate JD Vance in Delaware, Ohio. https://www.gaelenmorse.com/family-faith-fortitude daily 0.75 2022-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1660250582792-B8SZCHZOUJ95RNQZY4SL/2021_03_13_Gaelen_Morse_54.JPG Family. Faith. Fortitude. Just before dawn, in the semi-dark, empty parking lot of Linden-McKinley High School, L.B. Towns and most of his 16 children gasp for air as they finish an onslaught of push-ups. Sweat drips onto the asphalt as they start their humid, September morning run, one sister helping another up as she stumbles, another sibling running behind his brother to make sure he keeps pace with the others. “Five days a week, every week,” L.B. Towns said in a booming voice. “COME ON NOW,” he shouts to a couple of stragglers in the group. For the Towns family, this is the discipline that motivates them to do great things. This is the love that pushes them to be better each day. Family. Faith. Fortitude. There are many words that characterize the core values instilled in the Towns children. But every value they have are built upon one foundation — community. L.B. Towns, a Columbus raised street preacher, former Ohio University boxing champ and devoted father, raises his 16 children alongside his wife Christinia with the same principles he was raised with. Towns shows his children what self discipline can offer them and their future. “They can do great things if they want to do them,” Towns said. He makes sure his children understand that they aren’t owed anything in life but that they can have anything if they want it bad enough and are willing to work hard enough for it. There is no transgression that goes unaddressed in the Towns home. There is no tear that goes uncomforted between them. Each sibling looks after one another and they push each other to excel, whether it be on the field, on the chess board, dancing and playing at home or on their morning runs. They function as a unit. It is this familial unit that holds them together during these uncertain times. A pandemic undoubtedly impacts every aspect of daily life to some degree, but for the Towns, it changes little about how they function together. Whatever tomorrow brings us is up to god, Towns says emphatically. His faith assures him of that. Regardless of what tomorrow has in store, the Towns family will take it on together, one push-up at a time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1660250582792-B8SZCHZOUJ95RNQZY4SL/2021_03_13_Gaelen_Morse_54.JPG Family. Faith. Fortitude. Just before dawn, in the semi-dark, empty parking lot of Linden-McKinley High School, L.B. Towns and most of his 16 children gasp for air as they finish an onslaught of push-ups. Sweat drips onto the asphalt as they start their humid, September morning run, one sister helping another up as she stumbles, another sibling running behind his brother to make sure he keeps pace with the others. “Five days a week, every week,” L.B. Towns said in a booming voice. “COME ON NOW,” he shouts to a couple of stragglers in the group. For the Towns family, this is the discipline that motivates them to do great things. This is the love that pushes them to be better each day. Family. Faith. Fortitude. There are many words that characterize the core values instilled in the Towns children. But every value they have are built upon one foundation — community. L.B. Towns, a Columbus raised street preacher, former Ohio University boxing champ and devoted father, raises his 16 children alongside his wife Christinia with the same principles he was raised with. Towns shows his children what self discipline can offer them and their future. “They can do great things if they want to do them,” Towns said. He makes sure his children understand that they aren’t owed anything in life but that they can have anything if they want it bad enough and are willing to work hard enough for it. There is no transgression that goes unaddressed in the Towns home. There is no tear that goes uncomforted between them. Each sibling looks after one another and they push each other to excel, whether it be on the field, on the chess board, dancing and playing at home or on their morning runs. They function as a unit. It is this familial unit that holds them together during these uncertain times. A pandemic undoubtedly impacts every aspect of daily life to some degree, but for the Towns, it changes little about how they function together. Whatever tomorrow brings us is up to god, Towns says emphatically. His faith assures him of that. Regardless of what tomorrow has in store, the Towns family will take it on together, one push-up at a time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1660250586926-EE5Y9F2DVRK8TZVOVMG7/2021_03_13_Gaelen_Morse_56.JPG Family. Faith. Fortitude. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1660250588709-UL95FEYBOLVO3PN4TUGB/2021_03_13_Gaelen_Morse_57.JPG Family. Faith. Fortitude. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1660250601368-4DMDM1T9Y76ROR3CINXW/2021_03_13_Gaelen_Morse_60.JPG Family. Faith. Fortitude. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1660250579548-ZTNDVQ50TVC5FPVS79A5/2021_03_13_Gaelen_Morse_55.JPG Family. Faith. Fortitude. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1660250630365-O6KTMARAJ4U85IGQEVAL/2021_03_13_Gaelen_Morse_67.JPG Family. Faith. Fortitude. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1660250634184-UWMHFG004TCURWVNV0PO/2021_03_13_Gaelen_Morse_68.JPG Family. Faith. Fortitude. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1660250602012-WAFM56O328OIQ81TDJM8/2021_03_13_Gaelen_Morse_61.JPG Family. Faith. Fortitude. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1660250613045-9S0P092Y5NT8L4F31XFC/2021_03_13_Gaelen_Morse_62.JPG Family. Faith. Fortitude. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1660250622843-VXWQVLYVI7U2FT064BQA/2021_03_13_Gaelen_Morse_66.JPG Family. Faith. Fortitude. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1660250634769-M10IYEKUNZZEM8VX2JB1/2021_03_13_Gaelen_Morse_69.JPG Family. Faith. Fortitude. https://www.gaelenmorse.com/projects daily 0.75 2024-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1627442279865-PE5KFF3LZSOJNVLXBVAJ/OLYMPICS-2020-FAMILY_017.jpeg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1628711454159-FRL1IGBZM5GKDU1PCVR8/gm_cominghome_007.JPG Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1573762374590-X7IVM7ULHBJL2AQ7V6MP/_KXN3609%28S%29.jpg Projects One-by-one, Lowell Clifford moves buckets, pouring cattle feed into each one as a cloud of dust fills the air. With a soft grunt, he slowly leans down. Earlier in life, he says, he would have filled them to the brim rather than halfway. But at age 83, he has lost strength and speed. Despite losing his wife, Mary Sue, Lowell has kept his farm going. He works from early morning to past sunset. "Most old farmers would go somewhere to be taken care of," Lowell says, smiling. "I've got more than I can do." Running a farm is not a one-man job, says Mark Clifford, Lowell's eldest son. Mark and his brother, Keith, have pitched in at times. Their mother's father was a tobacco farmer, and they would help out when visiting for vacation. But they have their own children and grandchildren, and working on the farm isn't always possible. Lowell and Mary Sue met as teenagers in a cow field in Cynthiana, where they were neighbors. They were married for 57 years before she passed away from ovarian cancer six years ago. After Lowell's time in the Air Force toward the end of the Korean War, they returned to Kentucky from his base in Texas. They moved home in 1971 with their two sons. Lowell got the farm he wanted. Lowell says there is no clear future for the Clifford farm. He isn't planning to give up his passion until he has to. He is content waking up to the work farming demands. There are 400 acres to care for. The calves need to be fed. His two barn cats, Skinny and Fatty, greet him with the same exuberance he gives them. "He could very easily die on this farm," Mark says. "In his mind, I don't think anything better could happen to him." Pictured: Lowell Clifford walks out of his barn while talking to his cat, Skinny, as the other barn cat, Fatty, watches from his perch inside. Lowell bought his farm in 1971. Now an 83-year-old widower, he is trying to care for it alone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1554867135846-O88MVOE0KEOTE1VXXPJ8/22Morse_Essay4765.JPG Projects Where Routes 681 and 7 come to a crossroads in Weigs County, Ohio, amid rolling hills and open fields, sits the unincorporated community of Tuppers Plains. Found on the boundary of both Orange and Olive townships, the concept of community for area residents is defined by their relationships with each other and the land rather than lines drawn on a map Pictured: As the sun sets over Tuppers Plains, a semi-truck hauls past the Caldwell farm while steam from industrial plants tower in the distance. Route 7 has become a well traveled route for truckers coming and going through southeastern Ohio and West Virginia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1601167484753-GUMOWH4BTWNTLV0PDSX9/C75-10-MorseG-B-08.JPG Projects Cara Delaney lines traps with bait on the deck of the lobster boat, Pot Luck, as the sun just starts to rise above the horizon. Despite lobster prices off the boat only fetching half of what they used to, combined with regulations and bans that limit the ability to catch lobster, there is no hesitation by Delaney, or anyone else aboard the Pot Luck, to wake up long before the sun in order to continue on with the work that they love. https://www.gaelenmorse.com/moments-1 daily 0.75 2022-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1660250579548-ZTNDVQ50TVC5FPVS79A5/2021_03_13_Gaelen_Morse_55.JPG Moments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1660250582792-B8SZCHZOUJ95RNQZY4SL/2021_03_13_Gaelen_Morse_54.JPG Moments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1654823952093-O385U5FJK3VBCPH5T3AY/FOOTBALL-NFL-SUPERBOWL_%250A%250A030.jpg Moments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1654779758158-EN3MOTL9NS8NBLWKFU3H/Morse_Contactsheet_07.JPG Moments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1625035802360-FTA5IR07WMMEOO35E62D/USA-SHOOTING_COLUMBUS_26.jpeg Moments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1625035529640-9R6MO6YSMSZBAAZ2JI7C/HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS_USA-EDUCATION_30.jpeg Moments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1610336927539-2OYJ2JY3P0EPHY3I4B52/gm_ICU_KyleNurse_07.jpeg Moments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1610243422682-OOTNC4WAI831CPHAVOT7/gm_ICU_KyleNurse_21%28captioned%29.jpg Moments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1610243087955-J03BAHIXSJYP79E6CCZS/2020_12_22_Gaelen_Morse_25.JPG Moments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1609715992577-XYU8XT15EPD41ZIV1U6W/WildArt_SchillerPark_gm_04.jpeg Moments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1609621125907-FHYBKW6XYQ4HWQED22NH/CEB+Hill+Vigil+Saturday_gm_01.jpg Moments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1667349722879-BSLO00YAUWNISIN07RMI/OhioSenDebate_007.jpg Moments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1579549587522-8DGNQZ1TZ4HOTMEN2LF9/Morse_BoydsStationEdit_005.JPG Moments https://www.gaelenmorse.com/brandeis-university daily 1.0 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1721938235564-XPUNQ5AORYIC49F8ZCHJ/011-051923-Commencment+Capture-_46A8064.jpg Brandeis University Zoraida Ibarra attends the Commencement Capture event with her parents at Brandeis University. There is always opportunity for parents to be a part of their child’s college experience at Brandeis, from convocation all the way through graduation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1721938235564-XPUNQ5AORYIC49F8ZCHJ/011-051923-Commencment+Capture-_46A8064.jpg Brandeis University Zoraida Ibarra attends the Commencement Capture event with her parents at Brandeis University. There is always opportunity for parents to be a part of their child’s college experience at Brandeis, from convocation all the way through graduation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1721945905782-3GTD02T2M11PKOR8285A/001-040324-Maggie-540A2173.jpeg Brandeis University Graduate student at Maggie Shealy ’23, winner of the the NCAA National Championship in Sabre. Student athletes at Brandeis exemplify what it’s like to work hard around the clock. Excellence coupled with passion is a pathway to success. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1721877054063-LKMG7CW0LGMH6FXQOVH2/007-071024-Ava+Towle-_46A7129%28diptych2%29.jpg Brandeis University Biology student Ava Towle ’26 conducts research on the role of G-Protein coupled receptors in fruit flies at a lab in the Shapiro Science Center. Undergraduate students don’t just learn the basics of research at Brandeis, they put their knowledge to work in the dozens of labs housed on campus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1721876503153-VI1DTLK07LO0PH6IL5QJ/010-083123-First+day+of+class-_66A5586.JPG Brandeis University Students study in Farber Library on the first day of classes. A sense of community is important in college, especially when you need a study buddy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1721876964001-5NS0AARADHZEKLT6JNI0/017-083123-First+day+of+class-_66A5689.jpg Brandeis University Allison Orr ’26, right, plays chess with Jake Schlein ’26 on the Fellows Garden lawn as students come and go from classes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1722359307334-YB146TODR5CKNBI4AAPR/005-082423-Perry-1H7A7790.jpeg Brandeis University Portrait of Perry Melanie beside her sculpture at the Goldman-Schwartz Fine Art Studios for the 2024 Creative Art Brochure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1721878468457-8A1X6W9DMNAN3VW3BDN8/012-092123-Orchestra+rehearsal-_46A5475.JPG Brandeis University A long exposure of a violinist at orchestra rehearsal in the Slosberg Music Center. Once the backdrop for the teachings of the famed composer Leonard Bernstein, Brandeis is committed to enriching the future of the arts through its academic programs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1721876981324-1Q0VR4P55HX3EB1DT4KQ/008-071124-Hammock-_46A7386.jpg Brandeis University Ella Majeski ’26 works on her computer while relaxing on a hammock in the summertime outside of the Shapiro Science Complex. Need a moment to yourself? Some time outside? Having a campus full of nooks and crannies is great for finding places to hang out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1721878558476-YOWS6OM472UEDLHPOT8E/016-021524-Zaire+Simmonds-_66A0520-Edit.jpg Brandeis University Portrait of Zaire Simmonds, a Chegg 2023 Global Student Teacher prize finalist. Highlighting the individual successes of students, whether they’re changing the world or just their own world, is the foundation of Brandeis University’s role in higher education. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1721876501268-0J7465OSLF0J0YLAL1QT/002%281%29-100523-Fall+features-_46A5638.JPG Brandeis University A student studies in the autumn sun on Fellows Garden quad. A beautiful campus makes for a beautiful home — students know just how special that feeling is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1721876875599-M5P8NG7NMCM9LVA8FB8Q/007-061523-Sak+Tz%E2%80%99i-_46A2667.jpg Brandeis University Brandeis graduate student Van Kollias, left, explains what he has found in a Maya burial site to archaeologist and professor Charles Golden on the outskirts of what is believed to be the ancient kingdom of Sak Tz’i’. Teaching students theory is one thing, but faculty often bring their experiences from the field to the classroom in order to elevate the level of education their students receive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1721876495382-6LYY606W2JNCPCXKILYE/001-043023-Spring+Fest-_66A5671.jpg Brandeis University Students attend Spring Fest on Chapels Field to celebrate the end of the academic year. A space to play, to just let loose and enjoy time with friends is something Brandeis takes very seriously. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1721876800771-VSB2NY8MCQS9VJSUHNO3/007-102623-Laura+Jockusch-_46A7906.jpg Brandeis University Portrait of Associate Professor of Holocaust Studies Laura Jockusch outside of the Shapiro Campus Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1721876614090-IVZFL20QSRAI91A3MXLY/009-032724-03272024_Nathan+Bernstein-_66A1609-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg Brandeis University Nathan Bernstein ’24 poses for a portrait in front of an artistic representation of the Yiddish poem “Mayn umru fun a volf” at the Goldman-Schwartz Fine Arts Studios. Having a space to combine personal identity with academic pursuits allows students to try new and different approaches to their work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1722359622715-05CHP0QE3FD1XJAXY1V1/040-092623-Lichauco-1H7A7001.jpeg Brandeis University Portrait of Dakota Lichauco ’25 for the 2024 Arts Brochure. One-on-one musical instruction is a tool offered to students in the music program as they hone their craft. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1706889523380-5BYEMZJM2CR6P7DAUZ9X/001-032823-Rainfeature_-_GMZ4221.jpeg Brandeis University A student walks through campus during a rainy spring day. Even when the weather is less than ideal, campus is full of vibrancy and life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1721878458654-XZRD944DSDEQXNMR0AN8/7DB7E4D7-961E-4291-B521-446D7F013C4A.JPG Brandeis University A conceptual photograph illustrating Brandeis' connections to the sciences. Just like in photography, experimenting is the pathway to discovery. Brandeis punches above its weight as a small research university conducting world changing research. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1721876731200-S91DCYY52K2BKBJMHC3P/025-051324-Moody+St.+shoot-_46A4615.jpg Brandeis University From left, Michael Stewart ’25, Ladriel Roach ’24, Milena Manic ’24, Koji Kaku ’24, Gabe Blatner ’24, Elizabeth Korn ’24 and Isaac Goldings ’24, enjoy time together on Moody Street in Waltham. Location, location, location — it only takes a few minutes to go from studying on your campus to a fun night out with friends in the city of Waltham. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1721876606975-ZNPHF5VTK0JGCJLPKFTG/023-112023-Orchestra-_DSC5996.jpg Brandeis University The Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra's 20th Anniversary concert performing Beethoven Symphony No. 9 at Spingold Theater. A space to learn is a space to perform, and partnerships with other regional universities give students a chance to be a part of unforgettable moment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1721876621567-ALN9L50J4NQPZWR5T2XR/004-040824-eclipse-_66A2393.jpg Brandeis University From left, Lilly Iskold ’26, Joshua Roussak ’27, Christopher Groom ’26, and Alice Iskold ’26, look up into the sky as the April 8 solar eclipse begins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1721878448115-5J9G3F01Q4Y77JTOCNDA/3BADCA23-8A4A-403D-A56B-80276687E292.JPG Brandeis University Brandeis University senior Lorrin Stone ’23 takes classes during the day and works night shifts as an emergency medical technician at Armstrong Ambulance in Waltham. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1721876516606-Q2E4JCOJECIFH1REWDBA/011-022124-feature-_46A1187.jpg Brandeis University PhD student Ashley Gilliam studies in the winter window light during the university break in the Shapiro Campus Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1721878471701-VQ9MYLD5LLC9I19TSYMS/022-010724-midyear+move+in-_46A0314.jpg Brandeis University Student workers Zach Mayer ’25, left, and Esther Rubin ’27 take a break to make snow angels during midyear move-in. Students come to Brandeis to be a part of a community, and even on those cold winter days, student leadership brings the fun to campus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f91bd286e6c08e3fabb9dc/1721878443598-T0B5QYNSMFFQEF5228NP/001-062923-75th+banner-_66A0779-Enhanced-NR-Edit.JPG Brandeis University 75th anniversary banners are installed around the Brandeis University campus. 1948 isn’t that long ago in university years. 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That was Saturday, March 7, 2020. By mid-week, I was on a lobster boat in New England, photographing a project about a disappearing culture. By end-of-week, I was on a plane back to Athens, Ohio, only to find a nearly deserted town upon arrival. Businesses quickly shuttered. The university closed. The chapter of college had suddenly come to a close for many of us. Goodbyes were left unsaid, congratulations and thank yous were to be delivered remotely. Caps and gowns were shelved, with only a sliver of hope remaining that they would one day be paraded across stages that signify the future to come. Across the country, around the world, everyone would come to redefine expectations and reevaluate certainties. Despite the circumstances, our creativity could not cease to exist — we needed it, I needed it — maybe now more than ever. 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