The late afternoon sun shines on Norlin Library amid the tranquility of summer. Above the entrance reads, “Who knows only his own generation remains always a child.” Glenn Asakawa

Thirty years after he went on a photographic journey to the Cambodia of “The Killing Fields,” Jay Mather (Geog’69) returned to the country in 2009 to see what had changed. Capturing the serenity that Buddhist monks seek to achieve, this photo features Chan Kong, 75, the head Buddhist monk at the Wat Phnom Yat temple in Pailin in western Cambodia. Mather calls Cambodia a forgotten country because he feels it is so neglected by the international community. See pages 42-47 for more of his photos from 1979 and 2009.

The majestic snow-covered Flatirons are a breathtaking backdrop with Old Main in the foreground. Casey A. Cass

Photo by Judd Rogers (Intl Af’02, MBA ’09)

While crossing the Salar de Uyuni in southwest Bolivia, Judd Rogers (IntlAf’02, MBA ’09) stopped to take a picture of a tourist amid a surreal landscape that many compare to a Salvador Dalí painting. During the wet season in February, a thin sheet of water glazes over part of the largest salt flat in the world, which covers more than 4,000 square miles and sits at 12,000 feet. It is still drivable as long as you don’t mind the corrosive consequences to your car.

Subzero temperatures didn’t keep photographer Lucas Gilman (Jour’00) and professional skier Trevor Hiatt inside on Jan. 16, 2008. Hiatt got some top-notch flight time in the Grand Targhee, Wyo., backcountry. Large amounts of snow and severe avalanche conditions made backcountry travel hazardous, but the big cliffs and light snow were just too alluring to pass up, Gilman says.

A bicyclist practices his moves in front of the Hale Science building on July 15, 2009. Glenn Asakawa