Katherine Bickmore 2011-14
Lauren Ha 2011-14
Sabrina Hua 2011-14
Mbuotidem Isaac 2011-14
Anthony Jackson 2011-14
Brendon Kaufman 2011-14
Chris Labora 2011-14
Meghan O'Sullivan 2011-14
Sean Henry-Smith 2011-14
Gretha Suarez 2011-14
Jose Vazquez 2011-14
Dyllon Young 2011-14
Class of 2015 is a longitudinal portrait project comprising photographs and video interviews that examine the development of personal identity among a group of students from the class of 2015 at Hamilton College. The project began in 2011, when I started teaching as an assistant professor of art at Hamilton and sought to acquaint myself with the community by photographing a cohort of similarly new faces: the freshman class. Thirty-nine students from a diverse range of cultural, racial, and economic backgrounds, and with different academic and personal interests, responded to an open call to be photographed and interviewed each year during their time at Hamilton. With the subjects posed in various campus locations and engaged in activities that describe their college experience, the portraits offer a glimpse into each student’s changing identity at this formative time in their lives.