Tom Fougerousse has been UofL's photographer for 25 years.
Tom Fougerousse has been UofL's photographer for 25 years.

Tom Fougerousse estimates that he takes 60,000 photos every year as UofL’s campus photographer. That’s a lot of pictures when you realize Fougerousse has been at the university for 25 years.

Forty of Fougerousse’s favorite photos are now on display at the Photo Archives in Ekstrom Library on the UofL campus.

“My job is to capture moments in time with the happenings at the university or the people of the university because the people are the university when it comes right down to it,” he said. “I just hope they enjoy the photos as much as I do”

Fougerousse talks about his job, why he loves it and his favorite UofL photos below:

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Mark Hebert
Following a 28-year career as a radio and television reporter, Mark Hebert joined the University of Louisville as the Director of Media Relations in 2009, serving as the main spokesperson. In 2015, Mark was named Director of Programming and Production. He’s now producing and hosting a radio show about “all things UofL”, overseeing the university’s video and TV productions and promoting UofL’s research operation. Mark is best known for his 22 years as the political and investigative reporter for WHAS-TV in Louisville where he won numerous awards for breaking stories, exposing corruption and objectively covering Kentucky politics. In 2014, Mark was inducted into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame.