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Penn in the Field: Student Fieldwork Photography

Experience fieldwork and research travel of current undergraduate and graduate students as documented through their own lenses.

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October 1, 2024 - August 31, 2025
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Penn Museum Library (Penn Museum Academic Wing Level 3)
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Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff
Student in an orange vest and wide brimmed hat sits at the edge of a hole dug at an excavation site

Penn students conducted fieldwork and research in countries spanning five continents and their photographs this year reflect themes of ecology, architecture, learning, and discovery.

Contributing student photographers are from the University of Pennsylvania's departments of Anthropology, Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World, Classics/Ancient History, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and History of Art: Marley Abrams, Tayeba Batool, Aliyah Bixby-Driesen, Grant Bruner, Kristina Donnally, Arielle Hardy, Bryce Heatherly, Mackenzie Hill, Eric Hubbard, Marisa Kelath, Anna Luurtsema, Abhi Sanghani, Molly Schaub, Ann Stettler, Mark Van Horn, Anthony Vargas, and Helen Wong.

Top-place entries, by Anna Luurtsema, Mackenzie Hill, and Bryce Heatherly, were selected by students, faculty, and Penn Museum staff and visitors.

Plan Your Visit

On view from October 1, 2024, to August 2025. These photographs are on display on the Penn Museum Library’s first and second levels. Penn students, faculty, and staff may enter the Penn Museum and its library for free with Penn ID. Find more information to plan your visit.

Featured image: Ann Stettler, C'25 (Physics and Anthropology) onsite at the Prehistoric Suffolk Field School in Hawstead, UK, on August 14, 2024. Photo by Franciska Mateova.