Photos

See Harvard through the lens: compelling photo essays and visual coverage of campus and community.

The Fish in Harvard Square

Artist Isola Murray’s child-size animals

by Olivia Farrar

The Black Hole at the Center of the Galaxy

Scientists affiliated with the Event Horizon Telescope publish the first image of Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.

by Jonathan Shaw

Photographer Morgan Smith's Images and Encounters at the Mexican Border

Photographer Morgan Smith ’60 documents life on the precarious precipice between Mexico and the United States.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Naturalist Mark W. Moffett, author of “The Human Swarm”

Naturalist Mark W. Moffett investigates insects—and now, evolving human societies.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Photographs of Arnold Arboretum trees and shrubs through four seasons

A veteran photographer of people turns his lens to plants.

by Jonathan Shaw

Proximity Designs and rural development in Myanmar

A social enterprise works to improve farmers' economic prospects

Wildlife photographer Tim Laman documents 39 species of the Birds-of-Paradise

The dazzling beauty and strangely human behavior of one of the world’s most diverse bird families.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Images of Theresa Betancourt's work on children's rights in India

Images of the professor’s work with homeless and impoverished children in India.

Harvard’s long-closed Social Museum promoted progressive values

Harvard’s long-closed Social Museum promoted progressive values.

by Christopher Reed

Summer Harvard construction: Fogg Art Museum, Tata Hall, Quincy House

Summer construction—on the Fogg Art Museum, the Business School’s Tata Hall, Old Quincy, and more—renews the campus.

The paper art of Laurie Krasny Brown

Laurie Krasny Brown crafts colorful works from an “accessible, flexible, beautiful” material.

by Craig Lambert