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Arts, Lifestyle

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June 9, 12:12 am

Photographer showcases graduates’ personalities to make shoots memorable

Taj Shaikh’s photography portfolio features graduating students playing with fidget spinners, shotgunning beers and posing nude. Shaikh began taking photos at UC Santa Barbara before moving to Los Angeles and snapping shots of her graduating UCLA friends. Read more...

Photo: Taj Shaikh takes photos of graduating UCLA students, experimenting with both traditional graduation photography, such as simple-posed smiling portraits, and more eccentric, edgy photos of her clients. (Jenna Nicole Smith/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Film & TV

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June 9, 12:11 am

Student enhances vision for film by incorporating English, premedical experience

Derek Nguyen’s research into human eyes taught him that dilation of the pupils occurs from fear, excitement and sexual attraction. The knowledge he acquired culminated in his short film “Dilation,” which involves a vigilante who assassinates sexual predators. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year English student Derek Nguyen incorporated his research of the human eye in his short film “Dilation,” which follows a vigilante who targets sexual predators. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin staff)

Arts, Lifestyle

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June 9, 12:10 am

Club provides platform where students can create video games together

Behind every “press any button to start” is a team that started with nothing and ended with a video game. Students work together to design, write and program their own video games in the Collaborative Game Development Club at UCLA. Read more...

Photo: The Collaborative Game Development Club at UCLA groups students together based on common interests as they work toward creating a video game by the end of the school year. (Farida Saleh/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Film & TV

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June 6, 10:49 pm

Graduate student’s short film depicts sibling tension, experiences of immigrants

This post was updated June 7 at 1:22 p.m. Siblings Mariana and Gabriel struggle to see eye to eye in “The House of Mariana y Gabriel.” The short film, directed by graduate student Hena Ashraf, will premiere Tuesday at the James Bridges Theater. Read more...

Photo: Graduate student Hena Ashraf’s feature film “The House of Mariana y Gabriel” explores the specific ways immigration impacts family relationships and focuses on interactions between two siblings. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Theater & Fine Arts

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June 6, 10:45 pm

UCLA art student creates pieces melding ancient myths, technology

Sarah Rosalena Brady drew inspiration from both artificial intelligence and ancient sculptures for her upcoming exhibition. The design media arts graduate student will debut “Coyotes in Two Directions,” an art gallery featuring three technological works, Thursday at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA’s Art | Sci Center gallery. Read more...

Photo: Sarah Rosalena Brady, a graduate student in design media arts, will debut her exhibition “Coyotes in Two Directions” on Thursday at the California NanoSystems Institute. The exhibition includes three art pieces which feature 3D scans of coyote paws, eagle talons and rattlesnake tails. Brady said she hopes to explore the inequalities embedded within various power structures with her art. (Jenna Nicole Smith/Daily Bruin)


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