When junior photojournalism major Dave Foster stayed up for 46
consecutive hours last September, it wasn't so he could finish a
class project or put together a last-minute group presentation.
He was one of 35 photographers who participated in Kent State's
first-ever "24 Hours in Portage County" photo shoot, in
which Kent students and alumni spent an entire day and night shooting
various people and places in Kent and its surrounding cities.
While the shoot was often grueling - kicking off in the wee hours
of the morning and continuing all throughout the rest of the following
afternoon - the vice president of the National Press Photographers
Association's Kent chapter said he only nodded off once.
"I feel asleep in front of Gloria's (Koffee N' Kakes),"
he recalled with a laugh. "But I was awake 24 hours previous
to that."
The event's concept was suggested by Emily Rasinski, former assistant
photo editor for the Daily Kent Stater, who participated in a similar
shoot for The Lima News last summer, Foster said.
After the professional success of "24 Hours" and an eight-page
special section in the Stater, Foster then brought the idea of a
gallery showing to Jeff Ingram, executive director of the Standing
Rock North Water Street Gallery in Kent. Ingram said he was very
receptive to the idea of bringing the first-ever full photo exhibition
to the downtown venue.
"I thought it was a nice slice of life idea," he said.
"(I)t's trying to capture what is in people's lives that makes
them important."
Rami Daud, senior photojournalism major and president of the Kent
NPPA, helped Foster arrange and organize photos for the gallery
over Christmas break, but said it wasn't easy.
"The most difficult part was getting everyone to submit their images," Daud said. "We spent two weeks before the show putting all this stuff together, matting the photos, mounting the photos…"
Senior photo illustration major Melissa Gaug spent several late nights in October with Fall 2005 Stater photo editor Stephanie Smith editing and selecting the shoot's prints. She said she was very pleased with the final product
"Steph and I worked a lot on this and it was a little stressful," she said. "Seeing it all come together was the best part for me."
One of the show's organizers, Dave Foster, hangs a print. Photos by Karina Arutyunova
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