Sunday, June 13, 2010

Photo Story: a Zen Life

This photoessay covers the life of Zen monk Seido Raymond Ronci, who teaches English Literature at University of Missouri-Columbia (MU). In addition, he teaches Zen mediation to students of the MU Buddhist Association. These pictures are taken between March 17 to April 30, 2010, as part of the final project for the class Fundamentals of Photojournalism, at the Missouri School of Journalism.

Seido rests in his office after a long day of conferences with students from his English classes. He balances his life as a Zen Monk and an associate English professor.

Classmate Project: Angela Hamilton

This photoessay covers the life Angela Hamilton in the town of Columbia, Missouri, from February 28 to March 11, 2010. These photographs were taken as part of a class project called the Classmate Project, an assignment given during the class Fundamentals of Photojournalism, which involves photographing a random classmate selected by a random ballot.