Through Our Lens is Daily Bruin Photo’s annual Graduation Issue gallery where photojournalists share one of their favorite photographs they’ve taken with The Bruin in the past school year.
2025-26’s iteration features the work of 18 photojournalists – three graduates, two incoming assistant Photo editors, nine additional staffers plus four contributors.
Gallery: Through our lens 2025-2026
By Amelia Chief, Bettina Wu, Brianna Carlson, Chenrui Zhang, Crystal Tompkins, Edward Ho, Joice Ngo, Joshua Neira, Karla Cardenas-Felipe, Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon, Libby Li, Pranav Akella, Presley Liu, Purvi Singhania, Ruby Galbraith, Selin Filiz, William Gauvin and Elle Smith
Posted:
June 7, 2026
11:08 pm
(William Gauvin/Daily Bruin staff)
Chief is a 2025-26 slot editor and an Arts, Enterprise, Illustrations, News, Outreach, Photo, PRIME, Quad and Social contributor. She was previously Copy staff. Chief is a second-year English student from Los Angeles.
Wu is a 2025-2026 slot editor and an Arts, Photo, Social Media contributor. She was previously a 2024-2025 slot editor. Wu is a third-year cognitive science student from Eugene, Oregon.
Carlson is Photo staff. She is also a third-year psychology student from Norco, California.
Zhang is a Photo contributor. He is a second-year applied mathematics student minoring in data science engineering and film, television and digital media from Beijing.
Tompkins was the 2025-26 Design director, Photo staff and a Copy contributor. She was previously a 2024-25 assistant Design director. Tompkins is a third-year cognitive science student from San Bernardino County, California.
Ngo is Photo staff. She is a first-year business economics student minoring in film, television and digital media from Orange County, California.
Neira is a Photo contributor. He is a fourth-year economics student minoring in accounting and film, television and digital media from Riverside.
Cardenas-Felipe is Photo staff. She is a third-year communication and sociology student with a minor in film, television and digital media from Los Angeles.
Cobo Cordon is the 2025-26 PRIME director and Photo staff. She is also Arts senior staff, a News, Outreach and Video contributor and was previously the 2023-24 music | fine arts editor. She is a fourth-year materials engineering student from northern Virginia.
Liu is an Arts contributor. She is a second-year communication student from Alameda, California.
Galbraith is an Opinion columnist and a photo contributor. She is a second-year pre-public affairs student from San Diego.
Filiz is a 2025-26 assistant Photo editor. She is a second-year molecular, cell and developmental biology student minoring in bioinformatics from Seattle.
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