Today’s Photos (08/21/17)

August 21, 2017

Local artist, Hannah Gilver, works on a new addition to the Ped Mall on Monday, August 21. Gilver is an instructor at the UI, where she teaches design and sculpture in the Visual Arts Building. (Ben Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Jim Jacobson and wife Irene Friend of Iowa City observe the solar eclipse from the Pentacrest on Aug. 21. Jacobson is a former Cedar Rapids Gazette reporter who left journalism in 2002. He now works as an attorney for a local labor union. (Ben Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Students and faculty observe a solar eclipse in front of the Boyd Law Building on Aug. 21. Iowa City witnessed a partial eclipse with the Moon covering 92 percent of the sun. (The Daily Iowan/David Harmantas)

People converse and eat at the 50th Anniversary of the International Writing Program at the Terry Trueblood Recreation Area on Aug. 21. (Paxton Corey/The Daily Iowan)

About the Contributor

David Harmantas, Photojournalist

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David Harmantas is a staff photographer at the The Daily Iowan. He is a third-year law student at the University of Iowa College of Law and is in his second year as a photographer for the DI. While he shoots general assignments for the DI, he has a particular emphasis on sports and the performing arts.