Twelve Spectator photographers traveled as close as Columbia’s campus and as far as Paris for this semester’s fall photo essay. Photographers were encouraged to showcase moments from their personal lives, and many experimented with film and black-and-white photography. Experience autumn through their camera lenses in this photo essay.

Columbia’s South Lawn was divided by protest—protesters with Students Supporting Israel stood to the west, and protesters with Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace stood to the east. Each side had hundreds of people, with considerably more on the SJP and JVP side.