<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2024/1219-year-end-photo-essay.php" dsn="blogs"><featured/><feature_title>Featured News</feature_title><title>The year at Skidmore through my lens</title><author>Sarah Condon-Meyers</author><author_email>info@skidmore.edu</author_email><pubDate>12/19/2024 01:18:19 PM</pubDate><display>display</display><description>Staff Photographer Sarah Condon-Meyers presents some of her favorite images of Skidmore’s campus and community in 2024 and offers an inside look at the stories behind each shot.</description><category>News</category><image_listing><img src="/news/2024/images/1219-year-end-photo-essay-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Sarah Condon-Meyers"/></image_listing><image><img src="/news/2024/images/1219-year-end-photo-essay-main2.jpg" alt="Fall foliage at Skidmore "/></image><caption>Staff Photographer Sarah Condon-Meyers says autumn is her favorite time of year. "In my never-ending pursuit of finding ideal fall foliage shots, I stumbled upon this October scene," she says. "For me, this was the quintessential fall moment of 2024: two students sitting by Haupt Pond, enjoying peak foliage. Who wouldn’t want to be here?"</caption></item>