Visual Essays

Rest and relax: Where to take a break on campus

We asked Princeton students where they liked to take some time away from work, check out this photo essay of what they responded with.  

We asked Princeton students where they liked to take some time away from work, check out this photo essay of what they responded with. 

This Week in Photos: Spring on campus

Students photographed student life on campus as the weather warms up. 

Students photographed student life on campus as the weather warms up. 

This Week in Photos: Blossoming spring

This week, students photographed spring scenes across campus.

This week, students photographed spring scenes across campus.

In Photos: Accessibility on an old campus

The past few years at Princeton have brought increased accessibility in all forms of the word. See our photo essay to witness how navigating around campus has changed recently.

The past few years at Princeton have brought increased accessibility in all forms of the word. See our photo essay to witness how navigating around campus has changed recently. 

The Sweet Sixteen, in photos

Princeton fans in Princeton and in Louisville experience Princeton’s first-ever trip to the Sweet 16 in modern NCAA history.

Princeton fans in Princeton and in Louisville experience Princeton’s first-ever trip to the Sweet 16 in modern NCAA history.

From lockdown to reopening: a visual journey of campus during and after COVID-19

Take a look at how campus crowds have changed throughout the pandemic. Our photo essay captures the changes from lockdown to reopening, with a poignant reminder of the remnants of COVID-19. 

Take a look at how campus crowds have changed throughout the pandemic. Our photo essay captures the changes from lockdown to reopening, with a poignant reminder of the remnants of COVID-19. 

This Week in Photos: Singing, snowing, and sparring

Life the before midterms is becoming more hectic: photographers catch the first snow and another Arch Sing in this week’s photos. 

Life the before midterms is becoming more hectic: photographers catch the first snow and another Arch Sing in this weeks’ photos. 

This Week in Photos: Rain or shine

For this week, students captured the erratically changing weather and the coming of spring. 

This Week in Photos: Springtime glow

This week, students captured sunsets and shows as the spring rolls in.

 For this week, student’s captured sunsets and Valentine’s Day celebrations as the spring rolls in. 

This Week in Photos: New year, same routine

As the new year and new semester begins, students fall back into the typical routine on Princeton’s campus. 

As the new year and new semester begins, students fall back into the typical routine on Princeton’s campus. 

From New York to Washington, D.C.: A Wintersession Photo Essay

“With such a fast-paced semester, it’s hard to get out of town and sightsee, or even just learn a new hobby. Luckily, Wintersession can be a remedy to that.”

“With such a fast-paced semester, it’s hard to get out of town and sightsee, or even just learn a new hobby. Luckily, Wintersession can be a remedy to that.”

This Week in Photos: It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

As Thanksgiving break drew to a close, the town of Princeton swung into full gear with holiday decorations.

As Thanksgiving break drew to a close, the town of Princeton swung into full gear with holiday decorations. 

In Photos: How construction has changed campus

It seems like construction never ceases on campus. Fences abound, pathways are blocked, and cranes line the horizon. Take a look to see what campus looked like before construction versus after. 

It seems like construction never ceases on campus. Fences abound, pathways are blocked, and cranes line the horizon. Take a look to see what campus looked like before construction versus after.  

This Week in Photos: Fall leaves, holidays arrive

Campus bustled with student events as temperatures dropped and trees lost their autumn leaves. 

Campus bustled with student events as temperatures dropped and trees lost their autumn leaves. 

This Week in Photos: November comes to Princeton

Orange, red, and yellow leaves covered campus grounds as students returned from fall break and resumed their studies.

Orange, red, and yellow leaves covered campus grounds as students returned from fall break and resumed their studies.

In photos: Fall break adventures

The textures and colors of fall break, through the camera lenses of our staff.

The textures and colors of fall break, through the camera lenses of our staff.

This Week in Photos: Mid-semester in Mid-Autumn

Students took midterms and enjoyed fall foliage in the last week before Fall Break.

Students took midterms and enjoyed fall foliage in the last week before Fall Break.

In Photos: What does Indigenous look like to you?

“I think it is a blessing to be able to be Indigenous and to be in spaces that were not meant for me and to navigate them in a way that we’ve always been capable of doing.” Read our interviews with Indigenous students about their experiences being Indigenous at Princeton and beyond.

“I think it is a blessing to be able to be Indigenous and to be in spaces that were not meant for me and to navigate them in a way that we’ve always been capable of doing.” Read our interviews with Indigenous students about their experiences being Indigenous at Princeton and beyond.

This Week in Photos: Fall on campus

Students got involved on campus this week, both inside and outside, as fall swept over campus.

Students got involved on campus this week, both inside and outside, as fall swept over campus.

This Week in Photos: Semester in full swing

As fall comes to Princeton, club sports practice and compete, and students wander around campus. 

As fall comes to Princeton, club sports practice and compete, and students wander around campus.