UM COMMENCEMENT 2008
UM Commencement Chairs 2008 (Ann Arbor, Michigan) -- © 2008 Joe Braun Photography

When the football stadium is under construction and the commencement ceremony needs to move elsewhere,
two million dollars turns the once green Diag into acres of rubber flooring and 30,000 rented plastic chairs.

UM Commencement Chairs 2008 (Ann Arbor, Michigan) -- © 2008 Joe Braun Photography

The sea of rented flooring and chairs covers the once-green ground and envelopes the horrified tree.

UM Commencement Chairs 2008 (Ann Arbor, Michigan) -- © 2008 Joe Braun Photography

All chairs point towards the stage at the Graduate Library.

UM Commencement Chairs 2008 (Ann Arbor, Michigan) -- © 2008 Joe Braun Photography

Another tree cries out for the refugee squirrels.

UM Commencement Chairs 2008 (Ann Arbor, Michigan) -- © 2008 Joe Braun Photography

Fire hydrant lost in the chairs. (Sure the selective coloring is cliché, but I simply couldn't stop myself.)

UM Commencement Chairs 2008 (Ann Arbor, Michigan) -- © 2008 Joe Braun Photography

Some people may sit a bit lopsided as the trees get their revenge!

UM Commencement Chairs 2008 (Ann Arbor, Michigan) -- © 2008 Joe Braun Photography

This set ends with a bit of color: row after row of chairs in front of the Natural Science building.

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