September 11, 2019

Through the lens of University Photographer L.A. Cicero

University Photographer Linda A. Cicero, who arrived at Stanford in April 1993, will retire next week from University Communications, leaving behind a treasure trove of photographs about life on the Farm. During her tenure, Cicero won numerous awards for her work, including Photographer of the Year from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. We asked her to pick some of her favorite photographs from among the thousands she’s made at Stanford. Among the memorable images she selected are photographs of people captured in moments of joy, grace, concentration and camaraderie.

On the path to the Dish
Image credit: L.A. Cicero

Prospective students are welcomed at Admit Weekend.
Image credit: L.A. Cicero

Students in the courtyard of the James H. Clark Center
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Stegner Fellow Lan Samantha Chang
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Cardinal Ballet performs at the 9th annual Art Affair in White Plaza.
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Biology Professor William F. Gilly with one of the many squid he is studying
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Dean Palacios, ’08, dons his mortarboard on the run as he hurries to join his classmates for the Baccalaureate procession.
Image credit: L.A. Cicero

Sonny LittleHead dances powerfully in the Teen Boys Fancy Dance competition during the 38th Annual Stanford Powwow.
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Protesters who demonstrated against ROTC at a Faculty Senate meeting stage a lunchtime march the next day around the university.
Image credit: L.A. Cicero

The Dalai Lama visits Stanford University in April 1994.
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Paula Reyna Small turns the soil in a garden bed as Adorie Anika Howard covers some seeds at the Stanford Educational Farm.
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Terri Berlier, associate professor of art and art history, works on the installation of her show, Sounding Board: A Solo Exhibition of Sculptures and Sound.
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Stanford Jazz Workshop student Scott Battey concentrates during a trombone masterclass.
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Persi Diaconis, professor of mathematics and of statistics, flips a coin.
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Occupy the Future teach-in and rally, December 2011. Music and dance open the events at the Occupy Stanford Rally in White Plaza.
Image credit: L.A. Cicero

William Mahrt, associate professor of music, directs the St. Ann Choir, a Gregorian schola at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Palo Alto.
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Mark S. Urbanek, technical manager, Film & Media Studies
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Seniors Melissa Diaz and Steven Gastelum of Ballet Folklorico de Stanford perform for first-years and their parents at the Chicano/Latino New Student Welcome at Old Union in 2015.
Image credit: L.A. Cicero

During the installation of Richard Serra’s sculpture Sequence, ironworker Domingo Tejeda wields a sledgehammer to move one of the panels into place.
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Sarah Newton, conservation technician, builds a custom housing with display stand for a paper fan made in 1797, titled “The Lady’s Adviser; Physician & Moralist,” at the Stanford Libraries’ Conservation Lab.
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Stanford’s McMurtry Building for the arts provides unified facilities for art history, art practice and film programs.
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Undergraduate Anatole Schneider researches the Italian election of 1948 using original newspapers from Italy from the Hoover Library collection.
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Philosophy Professors John Perry and Ken Taylor walk the talk in the arcades of the Main Quadrangle.
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Excited and relieved, 2018 Commencement speaker Sterling K. Brown recesses from Stanford Stadium with Provost Persis Drell, left, and President Marc Tessier-Lavigne, right.
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Chocolate Heads perform “Chocolate Ball for Polymaths,” dance, music and book art created for the opening of Leonardo’s Library: The World of the Renaissance Reader in the Green Library Rotunda.
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With arms held out in joy, Michael Adesanya, MBA ’17, and his classmates from the Graduate School of Business rise to receive their conferral of degrees.
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