The Best Moments from Commencement 2019
Photo essay captures all the emotion of the day
In the photos below, view three dozen of the more than 10,000 photos taken during BU’s All-University Commencement on Sunday, May 19. Photo by Dave Green
It’s not easy capturing an event that draws a crowd of 20,000 people cheering on some 7,509 graduates. But BU Photography easily met the challenge during Sunday’s 146th All-University Commencement. Starting at approximately 10:30 am and for the next six hours, a total of eight photographers, including six freelancers, fanned out across the Charles River Campus and across Nickerson Field to record for posterity the moments that made this Commencement special. In total, more than 10,200 photos were taken.
BU Today asked BU Photography to sort through those thousands of images to come up with three dozen of the best for the slideshow above.
“We were looking for those special moments that made this year’s Commencement unique,” says Janice Checchio, associate creative director of photography. One example: a photo of the Metcalf Cup and Prize, the University’s top teaching award, placed under plastic sheeting to protect it from the rain that swept across campus in the hours leading up to the ceremony. Happily, as if on cue, the rain stopped just as students began to take their seats.
Photo by Doug Levy
Photo by Doug Levy
Photo by Dave Green
(Top left) photo by Doug Levy; (top right) photo by Chris McIntosh; (bottom) photo by Dave Green
Photo by Dave Green
Photo by Dave Green
(Left) photo by Doug Levy; (right) photo by Cydney Scott
Photo by Chris McIntosh
Photo by Dave Green
Photo by Chris McIntosh
Photo by Natasha Moustache
(Left) photo by Dave Green; (right) photo by Janice Checchio
Photo by Natasha Moustache
Photo by Janice Checchio
Photo by Dave Green
Photo by Natasha Moustache
Photo by Chris McIntosh
Photo by Dave Green
Photo by Natasha Moustache
Photo by Michael D. Spencer
Photo by Chris McIntosh
Photo by Michael D. Spencer
Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
Photo by Dave Green
Photo by Dave Green
Photo by Natasha Moustache
Photo by Chris McIntosh
(Top left and bottom) photo by Chris McIntosh; (top right) photo by Natasha Moustache
Photo by Doug Levy
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