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Matt Brady, Photo Editor

Hi, I'm Matt! I'm a second-year student and the photo editor for the Observer. I've lived in Elgin for my whole life and went to St. Edward's Central Catholic High School. I've loved photography for a long time and intend on becoming a photojournalist and a concert photographer.

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ECC Career & Veteran Specialist Anitra King speaks to attendees about the importance of wanting to help veterans during the Pitch Competition & Entrepreneurial Event on Nov. 30, 2022.

Photos: Spartan Project: Pitch Competition & Entrepreneurial Event

December 11, 2022
ECC student Roswell Howells shows off his symbolic and colorful Loch Ness monster and koi fish tattoo.

“…Comfortable in my own skin”: A look at student tattoos and their importance

December 9, 2022
ECC student Ryan Kemble shows off his tattoo design with a crescent moon in an outreached hand. To him, the tattoo symbolizes the brotherhood and connection he has with his brother. The two both got matching tattoos: his brother got the sun and Kemble got the moon.

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ECC student Erik Macias shows off the beginning of his sleeve idea: a red tropical flower tattooed on his forearm that made him feel at home.

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ECC student Maddie Wilson shows off her Bobs Burgers bunny ears tattoo.

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ECC student Colin Stevenson shows off his tattoo of a cigarette being put out in a coffee cup on his bicep. Steveson, who got the tattoo when he was 19, said that the image was from an image his dad redrew from the artwork from the self-titled album from Crystal Lake, IL indie band Depression Glass, which Stevenson drummed on and produced.

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The phrase, I am beautiful no matter what you say. You will not take that happiness away from me is written across ECC student Yasmin Uriosteguis bicep in a defiant act of confidence.

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ECC student Roxana Perez shows off her beach wave tattoo located behind her ear.

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Student photographer Kevin Vilchis displays a framed work of his to attendees at the Sell Your Art Now meeting hosted by the Art and Design club on Nov. 15, 2022. Comparing retail work to selling art, Vilchis gave advice to artists by telling them if they sell a personal art piece to a family member, then they can list the sale as, sold to a private collector on their résumé.

Photos: Art and Design club panel reach out helping hands to up-and-coming artists

November 26, 2022
Third-year-student Salma Armenta laughs while playing with the paper bag puppet she made at the Sell Your Art Now meeting hosted by the Art and Design club on Nov. 15, 2022.

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Attendees laugh and listen while listening to future event announcements at the Sell Your Art Now meeting hosted by the Art and Design club on Nov. 15, 2022.

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Jennings gives advice to attendees about how to price work accordingly at the Sell Your Art Now meeting hosted by the Art and Design club on Nov. 15, 2022.

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Student multimedia artist Josh Selvig talks to attendees about the differences between customers buying with cash and card at the Sell Your Art Now meeting hosted by the Art and Design club on Nov. 15, 2022.

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Selvig displays his work and shows attendees how to put plastic sleeves on pieces of artwork at the Sell Your Art Now meeting hosted by the Art and Design club on Nov. 15, 2022.

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Gal Serrato shows attendees how to nicely package work for customers at the Sell Your Art Now meeting hosted by the Art and Design Club on Nov. 15, 2022.

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Addison Jennings demonstrates how to hang artwork at the Sell Your Art Now meeting hosted by the Art and Design club on Nov. 15, 2022.

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Lagunes talks to attendees after putting together the hand and arm at Side Street Studio Art in Downtown Elgin on Nov. 6, 2022.

Photos: Origami workshop at Side Street Studio Art

November 11, 2022
Instructor Freddy Lagunes teaches attendees the beginning of the hand technique at Side Street Studio Art in Downtown Elgin on Nov. 6, 2022.

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Routzahn folds the origami paper and starts the process of making a dragon at Side Street Studio Art in Downtown Elgin on Nov. 6, 2022.

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Lagunes helps Lill with the tricky bird base technique at Side Street Studio Art n Downtown Elgin on Nov. 6, 2022.

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Lagunes shows attendees the finished arm technique at Side Street Studio Art in Downtown Elgin on Nov. 6, 2022.

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After finishing the hand technique, Lagunes and attendees place tiny dragons in the palm of the origami hands at Side Street Studio Art in Downtown Elgin on Nov. 6, 2022.

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Melissa Routzahn, right, closely watches Lagunes as he demonstrates specific folds at Side Street Studio Art in Downtown Elgin on Nov. 6, 2022.

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Faith Lill watches Lagunes during the early process of the hand technique at Side Street Studio Art in Downtown Elgin on Nov. 6, 2022.

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Lagunes and attendees work on the hand technique together at Side Street Studio Art in Downtown Elgin on Nov. 6, 2022.

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First-year-students Juana Solis (left) and Paula Velasquez (right) paint pumpkins at the event(CHANGE LATER) on Oct. 20, 2022.

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A nicely decorated pumpkin is displayed on a table at the event(CHANGE LATER) on Oct. 20, 2022.

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First-year-student Giselle Miranda closely paints her pumpkin at the Pumpkin Painting Party in Building B on Oct. 20, 2022.

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Second-year-student Patti Mcdonough paints her pumpkin at the Pumpkin Painting Party in Building B on Oct. 20, 2022.

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ECC students gather in the back of the Jobe Lounge in Building B and converse during Fall Fest on Oct. 5, 2022.

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ECC students Emily Mostaccio, left, Ely Thompson, front, Michelle Gembala, right, and Sfo Foley pose at the Honors in Action table at Fall Fest on Oct. 5, 2022.

Photos: ECC 2022 Fall festival

October 23, 2022
Students Javier Samaniego, left, and Uriel Garcia look at a pumpkin together at Fall Fest on Oct. 5, 2022.

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ECC students Piper Tunnely, left, and Stella St. Clair stencil out their carving lines at Fall Fest on Oct. 5, 2022.

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A sign showing the pumpkin carving contest instructions stands near the middle of the Jobe Lounge, inviting students to join in and participate.

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Fall Fest attendees carve pumpkins on Oct. 5, 2022.

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Students Diata Rodriquez (left) and Adilene Hernandez, right, talk while carving their pumpkins at Fall Fest on Oct. 5, 2022.

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Director of Orientation and Student Life Amybeth Maurer, left, and Associate Dean Lauren Nehlsen hold up pumpkins at Fall Fest on Oct. 5, 2022.

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The Vitale family displays their annual Halloween decorations at 502 Horizon Drive West in St. Charles.

Photos: Halloween Decorations around Elgin and neighboring towns

October 23, 2022
Spider webs and caution tape decorate an Elgin house.

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Second-year-students Austin Seyller (left), Dalton Freund (middle) and first-year-student Bryan Garica color during the Anderson Humane event in the Jobe Lounge on Oct. 20, 2022.

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ECC students partake in DIY Calming Jars at the event.

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Second-year-student Michelle Espinoza (right) and first-year-student Emily Espinoza (left) color during the event.

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ECC students share laughs during the event.

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Casey, the 7-year-old dog whos a part of the Healing Paws program at Anderson Humane located in Des Plaines, IL, gets a lot of attention from ECC students.

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April Weirich pets Casey, one of the dogs from Anderson Humane.

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First-year students Maddie Valldejuli (left) and Hannah Connolly laugh while making DIY Calming Jars.

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Four decorated tombstones sit outside of a hilltop house in West Dundee.

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A number of Halloween decorations sit outside of a West Dundee home.

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Inflatable ghosts and monsters outside of a West Dundee home.

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Custom tombstones decorate an Elgin homes front yard.

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A Nightmare Before Christmas, spider webs, and caution tape decorate an Elgin house.

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April Weirich (left) and Abby Swanson joke around while speaking with a representative from Binghamton University at College Night in Building J on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022.

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Students gather for College Night in Building J on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022.

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Travis Grigsby and his mother Kali talk to a Viterbo University representative at college night in Building J on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022.

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Marco Adrianzen talks to a representative from Lewis University at college night in Building J on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022.

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Dylann Martinez talks to a Loras College Representative at college night in Building J on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022.

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ECC student Margret Garcia talks to a representative from College Blackburn at College Night in Building J on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022.

[Photo] Elgin Community College hosts its annual College Night

October 23, 2022
Forward Joas Plancarte (3) jumps to the ball on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. The Spartans record is 3-5-1 as of Oct. 2, 2022.

Photos: ECC Mens soccer wins 3-1 against Richard J. Daley College

October 2, 2022
Forward Omar Lara throws the ball in on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022.

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The Mens Spartans Soccer wins 3-1 against Richard J. Daley College on Sept. 24, 2022.

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ECC Students Kevin Vilchis, left, and Madison Schneider look at a photographers work during the Filter Photo Festivals portfolio walk on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2022.

ECC photography students attend Filter Photo Festival

October 1, 2022
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