
Under the setting sun, Lowell House is reflected in the surface of a car.
Photos by Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer
Through the looking glass
Photographer plays with patterns, perspectives using Harvard as canvas
In Allston, Joe Palma of Boston skates by “Quest Eternal,” a statue of a man reaching for the sky. As Palma propels himself into the air, he appears to push off the sculpture and mirror its form. In a Cabot Library window, brilliant foliage is reflected so clearly that boundaries between inside and out seem to dissolve. And in the right light, architectural details such as the Russell Hall ceiling are kaleidoscopic.
These are just a couple of examples of the unusual perspectives on campus you’ll find in the gallery below.




A swinging couch in the Dunster House courtyard evokes Wasserstein Building arches.



Another silhouette, this time a lone figure with a bicycle entering Eliot House courtyard. Bay windows and pumpkins form series.



Joe Palma of Boston skates by the “Quest Eternal” statue temporarily stationed in Smith Field in Allston. Lattice-like foliage outside the Science Center.





Elegant staircase and imposing columns in Leverett House Library and outside Littauer Center.




Arches and clover motifs above Annenberg Hall.
