KIM WALKER PHOTO

portraiture

Steve Mencarini takes a pie in the face for charity at Elon University.
   
Volleyball players and twin sisters Danielle (left) and Chanelle Walker are one of the six pairs of freshman twins at Elon University.
   
Aaron Summers works on a group project for his physics class.
     
  
Zana Milak grew up in Bosnia and came to Burlington, N.C., as a refugee in the early ‘00s. She hopes to work in Bosnia in the future.
   
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams participates in a question-and-answer session during his visit to Elon University.
   
Miwako Sue poses at Duke Gardens for a portrait before her wedding day. Since her biological family is in Japan too far away for the North Carolina ceremony, her "American grandmother" will be giving her away.
     
  
Otto Long poses, showing off his intricate facial and head tattoos, at Little John's Tattoo in Greensboro, N.C.
   
Raafe Purnsley is an active member of SPECTRUM, Elon University's LGBT awareness organization.
   
Hamza Benzine, an Elon University School of Law student, poses for a portrait.
     
  
Ernie Lunsford takes cautious steps as he descends a slippery staircase at Machu Picchu.
   
Kaitlyn Schultz feeds the birds on a summer afternoon.
   
Author Carole Troxler recently published a book about the Regulators in the Civil War.
     
  
Catherine McNeela, professor of performing arts and coordinator of Elon University's music theatre program, poses for a portrait.
   
Students in Elon Univeristy’s inaugural class of interactive media students prepare for their commencement ceremony.
   
Navy Vice Admiral William E. Gortney, the director of the Joint Staff, poses for a portrait.
     
  
Wet, cold and happy Polar Plunge participants huddle together for warmth after emerging into the January air.
  
Corey Boisver, 10, poses in her Irish tap dancing costume at her Concord, N.H., home.