DPI Alums featured in NYTimes' Year in Pictures 2021

Wednesday, Dec 22, 2021

Eugene, Ore., June 19. Sha’Carri Richardson became a track and field sensation at the U.S. Olympic trials, winning the women’s 100-meter race. But the American sprinter missed the Tokyo Games after testing positive for marijuana. Chang W. Lee/The New York Times

The photographers at The New York Times captured many of the historic moments of the past 12 months, and the Times just released their Year in Pictures. 

Recent DPI Alum Shina Peng as well past alumni, Chang Lee and Alice Proujansky are all represented in the 2021 New York Times' Year In Pictures.

Union, N.J., Jan. 14. Jamira Eaddy-Onque and Ali Onque embraced their newborn daughter, Anastasia, at a birthing center. Racial inequities in health care have led many Black mothers to seek alternatives to hospital births. Alice Proujansky for The New York Times

Cheongju, South Korea, May 2. Golfers played a floodlit round at TGV Country Club. Known as “white night” golf, the nocturnal phenomenon reflects the challenges of nabbing a tee time in the country’s dense cities. Chang W. Lee/The New York Times

Noborito, Japan, April 28. From left, members of the Japanese band Chai: Yuna, Yuuki, Kana and Mana. They said their adoption of the color pink was a way of repudiating societal expectations about cuteness. Shina Peng for The New York Times

New York Times photo editor & DPI Adjunct Professor Jeffrey Henson Scales co-edited the 2021 Year in Pictures and spoke about the issue on the TODAY show. 

Photo: New York Times photo editor Jeffrey Henson Scales joins the 3rd Hour of TODAY to share some of the highlights.