From on-campus protests to the 2024 presidential election, Beacon photographers told stories when words could not, gave unique perspectives into the paper’s reporting, and shaped how the Emerson community will remember this year.
Here are 100 of the best photos taken by the photo staff of The Berkeley Beacon in 2024.
Former presidential candidate, Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL), speaks to supporters at the West Des Moines Sheraton after coming in second place in the Iowa caucuses on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. (Rian Nelson/Beacon Staff)A Boston police officer stops in the intersection at Boylston and Tremont Street and observes a large crowd of pro-Palestine protesters blocking the street on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)A woman holds her Dunkin’ order and dances at the Harvard Square Taste of Chocolate Festival in Cambridge on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. (Feixu Chen/Beacon Staff)
February
Trang Trần, who paints custom traditional banners and scrolls with ancient-style Vietnamese script, showcases her painted Pomelo fruits at the 35th annual “Tết in Boston” festival on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. (Jack Burns for The Berkeley Beacon)Thousands of people march shoulder-to-shoulder on the Boston Common during the 8th annual Winter Walk on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)A young lion dancer performs on the streets of Chinatown during the Lunar New Year Parade on Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024. (Rian Nelson/Beacon Staff)The “clown heads”—“Endgame (Nagg & Nell)” by Max Streicher, a part of an art installation in Downtown Boston, hangs between two buildings on Washington St., next to the Paramount Center in Boston. (Feixu Chen/Beacon Staff)A student holds a sign while speakers from the Emerson Student Union, Emerson Students for Justice in Palestine, and Emerson Democratic Socialists of America lead a rally demanding more financial aid and organization freedom on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. (Madla Walsh/Beacon Staff)
March
New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu embraces former governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley as he welcomes her to the stage on Saturday, March 2, 2024 during her Republican presidential campaign. (Feixu Chen/Beacon Staff)Scott Pinkney uses a light board in the Tufte 1010 Light Lab on March 2, 2024 where he teaches lighting design. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)A Boston resident votes at a polling place at Boston City Hall on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. (Feixu Chen/Beacon Staff)Protesters lay a cardboard coffin on the steps outside of the Massachusetts State House, symbolizing those who have died from poverty-related issues on Saturday, March. 6, 2024. (Madla Walsh/Beacon Staff)A painted green man draws the attention of teenage boys who holler at him on Sunday, March 17, 2024, in South Boston. (Madla Walsh/Beacon Staff)Spectators attempting to catch candy from a parade float on Sunday March 17, 2024 in South Boston. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)Twelve Emerson students and one non-Emerson community member are arrested outside of the Cutler Majestic Theatre, during the investiture ceremony of Jay Bernhardt on Friday March 22, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)Emerson Trustees Ellen Calmas, left, Doug Holloway, behind, and Robert Miller, right, place an academic hood on Bernhardt at the investiture ceremony on Friday, March 22, 2024. (Ashlyn Wang/Beacon Staff)Attendees enjoy Indian dishes at Sathi’s Holi celebration on Sunday, March 24, 2024 at the Cultural Center located at 172 Tremont St. (Yufei Meng/Beacon Staff)The group, Baby Beard, performing during the Anime Boston opening ceremonies at the Hynes Convention Center on Friday, March 29, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)Sophomore public relations student Elle Baray-Forgét poses in a cardboard house, where each piece of artwork donates money to Soldier On, on Friday, March 29, 2024. (Margaux Jubin for The Berkeley Beacon)
April
Two workers wash dishes in the kitchen at St. Francis House on Friday, April 5, 2024. (Feixu Chen/Beacon Staff)A father and a daughter are among the crowd of thousands carrying Israeli flags during an event on Sunday, April 7, 2024 rededicating a wall of Hamas’ captives after it was vandalized. (Margaux Jubin for The Berkeley Beacon)Emerson College students write notes to the Henderson School students during a pop-up campaign organized by Dr. Kirsten Whitten’s Intro to PR class on Monday, April 8, 2024, at the 2B Alley. (Feixu Chen/Beacon Staff)Emerson faculty member Mary Shertenlieb poses for a portrait as she prepares to run the 2024 Boston Marathon for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. (Feixu Chen/Beacon Staff)A person feeds dog treats to a group of five golden retrievers on Boston Common on Sunday, April 14, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)A runner warms up early in the morning on Monday, April 15, 2024, a tattoo with his past Boston Marathon times is seen on the back of his leg. (Madla Walsh/Beacon Staff)Spectators hold signs along Beacon Street in Brookline, cheering on runners as they approach the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15, 2024. (Ashlyn Wang/Beacon Staff)More than 30,000 runners from over 100 countries are registered to run in the 128th Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15, 2024. (Rian Nelson/Beacon Staff)A pro-Palestinian tent encampment is erected at Emerson College to show support for the students arrested at Columbia University on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)Police create a barricade at each end of Boylston Street from Piano Row to the Little Building as police clear the encampment and arrest over 100 protestors in the 2 Boylston Place alley on Thursday, April 25, 2024. (Rian Nelson/Beacon Staff)Arrested pro-Palestinian protesters from the encampment are bound by zip ties with their hands behind their backs as they are escorted into a police van on Boylston Street on Thursday, April 25, 2024. (Nick Peace/Beacon Staff)Boston Police officers make arrests at the encampment on Thursday, April 25, 2024. (Ledia Hysenbegasi for The Berkeley Beacon)A group of women dance through the Japan Festival grounds carrying a mikoshi, a portable shrine, on their shoulders on Boston Common on Sunday, April 28, 2024. (Madla Walsh/Beacon Staff)Eric Alexander, chair of the Board of Trustees, yells “back the fuck up” at Bryan Edouard, a student speaker at a town hall held in response to the encampment arrests, on Monday, April 29, 2024. (Rian Nelson/Beacon Staff)
May
A student waves a Palestinian flag and holds up their hand, on which is written, “ceasefire now” at the 2024 Emerson College commencement ceremony on May 12, 2024. (Rian Nelson/Beacon Staff)
June
A group of Celtics fans stand on top of a bus stop during the Celtics championship parade in Boston on Friday, June 21, 2024. (Sam Shipman/Beacon Staff)People lined up near the start of the Celtics championship parade in Boston on Friday, June 21, 2024. (Nick Peace/Beacon Staff)A group of people play drums in the street after the Celtics championship parade in Boston on Friday, June 21, 2024. (Nick Peace/Beacon Staff)
July
Jakob Nowell performs with Sublime at the Levitate Music and Arts Festival on July 7, 2024. (Nick Peace/Beacon Staff)
September
Goose performing for WERS at Emerson College on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (Sam Shipman/Beacon Staff)Goose performing at MGM Music Hall on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024 (Nick Peace/Beacon Staff)Then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump addresses journalists in the spin room after his first debate against Vice President Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (Bryan Hecht/Beacon Staff).At the conclusion of the first presidential debate between Harris and Trump, campaign surrogates flood the spin room in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024 (Bryan Hecht/Beacon Staff)Members of the Greater Boston Firefighters Pipes and Drums (GBFPD) band march in front of the Massachusetts State House on Sept. 11, 2024. (Yogev Toby/Beacon Staff)Members of the Emerson and the Greater Boston community gather at the Boston Common Parkman Bandstand to commemorate 9/11 on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (Yogev Toby/Beacon Staff)Pro-Palestinian protestors link arms and stop traffic at Government Center in Boston on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. (Madla Walsh/Beacon Staff)JPEGMAFIA performing at the Roadrunner in Boston on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (Sam Shipman/Beacon Staff)A group of volunteers from Emerson Green Collective (EGC) and Emerson Sustainability clean the Esplanade at the Charles River on Friday, Sept. 20. (Yogev Toby/Beacon Staff)A dog dresses up at the 35th annual Boston Freedom Rally on Boston Common on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (Yogev Toby/Beacon Staff)Tomas “Chef” Macasaet, co-founder of Emerson Baking Club, works with junior writing, literature and publishing major Gabriella Garza to knead dough for a catering project on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024 (Bryan Hecht/Beacon Staff).A hand reaches down to grab a homemade sign during a rally in solidarity with Haitian migrants on Boston Common on Tues., Sept. 24, 2024. (Nick Peace/Beacon Staff)The Boston Inspectional Services Department respond to a car crash outside sushi restaurant Genki Ya on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)Protesters yelling at attendees entering the Wang Theatre in Boston where former first lady Hillary Clinton hosts a book tour event on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)People play dead on the steps of the Massachusetts State House to represent climate change casualties during a rally on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (Shannon Clark for The Berkeley Beacon)A girl pets a robot dog at Seaport Boulevard during the 7th annual Robot Block Party on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (Julianna Jemima Badajos for The Berkeley Beacon)The owner of Little Loaf Bakeshop in Poughkeepsie, NY, helps customers pick out pastries at Boston Veg Food Fest on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (Nick Peace/Beacon Staff)
October
A dockworker standing on the picket line outside the Port of Boston on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, as ports all along the east and Gulf coasts close as members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) strike. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)A vendor organizes a booth at the Carcass flea market on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024. (Daniel Vinicio Abreu for The Berkeley Beacon)A young member of Rude Mechanical Orchestra performs a flag routine for their set at the Honk! festival in Davis Square Plaza in Cambridge on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024. (Abigail Hoyt for The Berkeley Beacon)The Good Trouble Brass Band performs during the HONK! Festival in Davis Square Plaza in Cambridge on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024. (Abigail Hoyt for The Berkeley Beacon)Pro-Palestiniann Protesters chant as they exit the Boston Common, where they gathered at the bandstand before marching through downtown Boston and Beacon Hill on October 6, 2024 (Bryan Hecht/ Beacon Staff).An Israeli counter-protester wearing a face mask has an Israeli flag forcibly removed from their hands in an altercation with another protester on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2024 (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff).Pro-Palestinian Protesters hold signs and yell chants as they demonstrate on Storrow Drive, halting traffic on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2024 (Bryan Hecht/Beacon Staff).Pro-Palestine protesters take over Storrow Drive in Boston on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2024, bringing all northbound traffic to a halt. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)Hotel workers from the Park Plaza Hotel walking the picket line with signs that read “On Strike, Hilton Boston Park Plaza” on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)A citizen and a dog hug at the blessing of the animals event at Summer Street Plaza on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (Feixu Chen/Beacon Staff)An attendee holds a battery candle at The Wang Theatre during a remembrance event honoring the lives lost during the Hamas attacks on Israel on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)Dozens gathered on Boston Common on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, for a memorial honoring the estimated 1,200 Israelis killed on Oct. 7, 2023, by Hamas. (Rian Nelson/Beacon Staff)Pro-Palestinian protesters wave red smoke flares and spray paint the ground and walls of the 2B Alley on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. (Nick Peace/Beacon Staff)A vendor carries fresh boxes of produce to his stand at the Haymarket in Boston on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. (Madla Walsh/Beacon Staff)Tufts University students hold an Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebration on the campus quad on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024 (Yogev Toby/Beacon Staff).Thousands fill the banks of the Charles River cheering passing teams during the final day of the Head of The Charles Regatta on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)A gaggle of geese fly off as their riverside resting place is disturbed as Gentle Giant Rowing Clubs 4+ team begin racing. (Rian Nelson/ Beacon Staff)Crowds cheer as boats pass under the Elliot Bridge and enter the final stretch of the race during the Head of The Charles Regatta. (Madla Walsh/Beacon Staff)Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’s campaign plane sits on the runway at Boston Logan Airport where the vice presidential candidate was scheduled to appear at a fundraising event in the city on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (Bryan Hecht/Beacon Staff).Tributes to former One Direction band member Liam Payne are displayed on a memorial tree on Boston Common on Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. (Nick Peace/Beacon Staff)A Beacon Hill resident slides pieces of candy down a chute to a child’s candy bucket on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. (Madla Walsh/Beacon Staff)Archbishop Richard Henning is installed as the seventh archbishop of the Archdiocese of Boston at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross while protesters outside the church called for transparency and settlement in clergy sexual abuse cases on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024 (Yogev Toby/Beacon Staff).Clergy members perform rituals for the installation of a new archbishop of the Archdiocese during a ceremony for Archbishop Richard Henning on Oct. 31, 2024. (Yogev Toby/Beacon Staff)
November
Boston resident Jana Krause categorizes election ballots at Boston City Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)A flag that reads “VOTE” blowing in the wind in Beacon Hill on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)Mass. Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks to a crowd of Democrats at SoWa Power Station hours after her re-election to the Senate on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Bryan Hecht/Beacon Staff)A marcher holds up a sign that reads “we’re not going back” during a women’s march held in Boston on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Sophia Schiappa for The Berkeley Beacon)A person crosses the street in Back Bay wearing an “I voted” sticker on Tuesday, Nov. 5. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)A Trump supporter watches Tom Hodgson, The Executive Chair of the Massachusetts Trump Campaign and former Bristol County Sheriff, as he speaks at the “Magachusetts Victory Trump Campaign Watch Party” at Whites of Westport on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Nick Peace/Beacon Staff)Justine Kim feeds a treat to Lady, her 20-month-old golden doodle, a day after the pup was named one of five winners in the Seaport dog mayor contest on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Bryan Hecht/Beacon Staff).A young child waves an American flag during the annual Salute to Service veterans day parade on Boylston Street on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)An attende browses the Commonwealth Books booth at the International Antiquarian Book Fair on Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)A group of children hold signs in support of the teachers at West Parish Elementary School on strike outside of Gloucester City Hall. (Rian Nelson/Beacon Staff)Good Morning Emerson Hosts Max Lasky, left, and Faith Pinnow, middle, interview Emertainment Monthly co-President Emily Zeitz, right, live on the air in November 2024. (Madla Walsh/Beacon Staff)Daughter of Mass. Representative Katherine Clark is arrested in Boston at an anti-abortion march for disorderly conduct and interfering with a lawful assembly on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)Boston police in riot gear escort members of the Men’s March to their planned rally on Boston Common on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (Yogev Toby/Beacon Staff)Onlookers push against barricades as the Men’s March hosts a rally on Boston Common on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (Nick Peace/Beacon Staff)A member of the Boylston Chess Clubs in Boston on Saturday, Nov. 9th, 2024. (McKenzie Cooper/Beacon Staff)A Tom Holland look-alike contest held at the Parkman Bandstand on Boston Common on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024. Over 200 college-aged fans of the British actor showed up. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)The North End Trellis at the Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park in Boston is lit with over 50,000 blue lights on Nov. 25, 2024. The Blue Man group, Santa Claus, and The Grinch all made an appearance. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)A worker removes light strands from inside of Boston’s official Christmas Tree on Boston Common on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. (Nick Peace/Beacon Staff)Tycho performs at The Royale in Boston on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. (Nick Peace/Beacon Staff)
December
The Grinch dancing in front of a crowd during a tree lighting event on Boston Common on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)A 45-foot-tall white spruce on Boston Common is lit up with a fireworks display at the culmination of the annual Holiday Lights display on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (Bryan Hecht/Beacon Staff).Visitors watching skaters at the Frog Pond on Boston Common on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (Rian Nelson/Beacon Staff)
Arthur Mansavage (he/him) is a junior Journalism major from Carmel, Indiana. Currently he serves as the Photography Editor and Audience Development Editor. As the Photo Editor he oversees all photo content for online and in-print and as the Audience Development Editor he oversees and manages reader experience and engagement.
