The Ways We Can Still Say ‘I Love You’
As cities and states begin to reopen public places, I think about the ways we’ve learned to be there for each other in the past few months. And I worry about what will happen if we let ourselves forget how we supported each other even…
Home Cooking for the Heart: Eggs, Rice and Ketchup
Pleasure to meet you, my name is Ryan and I really like making comfort food! This recipe is a take on a ketchup fried rice dish my friend’s mom used to make for us whenever we went over after school. She always invited us into…
Through Our Lens: Gallery Wall
The cracked finishes and curled edges of my childhood
Growing up, I could stare at my parents’ bedroom wall for hours. Stapled to the unfinished plywood was a collection of photographs from their lives in the U.S., and the ones they had left behind across la frontera many years before. These memories and reminders…
Through Our Lens: Humans of Santa Cruz
Humans of New York is a photoblog that includes a collection of street portraits and interviews of the people of New York City. Photographer Brandon Stanton started the series in November 2010. The blog now has over 17 million followers on Facebook and approximately 8.7…
Through Our Lens: ‘South Central Love’
Long after most students have gone home for the night, Edgar Cruz is hard at work in the art department darkroom, listening to good music and making even better prints. Cruz is a fourth-year art and environmental studies major at UC Santa Cruz who specializes…
Through Our Lens: Trailer Park
Beyond Kresge College and near the Heller Drive trailhead lies a neighborhood brimming with a comforting trance, artistic expression and unconventional housing. Founded in the early 1980s, UC Santa Cruz’s trailer park began as an unofficial community at the East Remote Parking Lot on campus….
Through Our Lens: Mardi Gras
It’s impossible to not be showered by the spirit of Mardi Gras if you are in New Orleans anytime between January and Fat Tuesday. Its significance, while deeply rooted in history, remains symbolic of the tightly knit city of New Orleans today. The date of…