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Union University & Genuine Fractals

May 8, 2009 by Mike Wong • Comments Off

When Union University, a four-year liberal arts university in Jackson, Tennessee, was struck by a tornado in February 2008, the campus sustained $40 million in damages to the residence life complexes and academic buildings.  Fortunately, there were no human casualties but massive repairs were needed to restore the campus.  In addition to structural repairs, Union University wanted to incorporate artistic elements to reaffirm the spirit of the university.

Jim Veneman, Director of Visual Communication, enlisted a group of student photographers to take pictures of downtown Jackson, with the intention of enlarging the images for display in the  student center.  The only issue was that the cameras these students had access to were older, six-megapixel, digital SLR’s. Veneman recognized that these cameras might not be able to produce the quality that would be expected in the large prints needed by the university. Updating equipment at the time was not an option.

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