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Florence Owens Thompson’s children cling to her in iconic
photograph “Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California.“

Photography plays an important role in politics

Liam Umbs October 9, 2020

It’s a picture nearly everyone has seen: a mother, with dirt on her arms and exhaustion on her face. Her two daughters, both dressed in rags, lean on their mother’s shoulders, heads turned away from...

The 2017-18 Visual Mass Media Class practices taking photos.

CHS photographers say their craft can be a form of art, just without the paintbrush

Liam Umbs January 25, 2019

CHS is one of the most artistic high schools in Monmouth County. But even though artists of all types make up a large percentage of its student population, most don't immediately think of photography as...

Effects of photography

Effects of photography

Emily Toro June 15, 2018

Photography acts as our eyes to the world. Photos allow artists to capture ideas they would not be able to write on a piece of paper. They translate the beauty of life into a story. Photographer Stacy...

Rasp shows off her love for photography on the CHS runway.

Rasp taps into her artistic passions

Michelle Moroses March 2, 2018

Anyone who attended Coffeehouse in the past three years probably remembers seeing junior Alyssa Rasp of Hazlet perform one of her dance routines. Rasp started dancing when she was 3 years old at a studio...

Photo Club president, senior Grace Maloney of Middletown, takes photos of some of the 270 sculptures at Grounds For Sculpture on Nov. 28.

Photo Club returns to Grounds For Sculpture

Cailey Ruderman December 3, 2017

On Tuesday, Nov. 28, 29 members of Photo Club visited Grounds For Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey. Attendees viewed and photographed the 270 sculptures scattered across the 42 landscaped acres of the...

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