Inside Westlands Gate
Capped and Gowned and facing the future
PHOTOGRAPH BY ANDREW LICHTENSTEIN '88
arah Lawrence awarded 285 bachelor's degrees and 122 master's degrees
at Commencement on May 20, an overcast day whose clouds mercifully
held their rain. Speaker Susan Meiselas '70, an internationally known
photojournalist for nearly 30 years, recalled the spontaneous inspiration
that made her sneak into a rural burlesque show, disguised as a boy,
to photograph dancers no older than she; until that moment, neither
education nor inclination had impelled her toward photojournalism.
"Sometimes you have to not know where you're going, following some
combination of instinct and clues that you perceive, even if you are
the only one..."
