Alex Cornell du Houx

Alex grew up in the small town of Solon, Maine where he attended Carrabec High School. He was accepted to Bowdoin College as a Mitchell Scholar and joined the Marine Reserves in 2002. A History and Government major, he spent most of his initial years at college founding and building the Community Service Council, working for Habitat for Humanity and in the Governor's office, tutoring, serving as co-president of the Maine College Democrats, and running track. He is currently writing a thesis on the relationship between political engagement and community service.

Though Alex has taken pictures for as long as he can remember, he really began to develop his photographic skills when he became interested in astronomy; in middle school he built a manually-operated device that could be used with a camera to track the stars as they moved across the night sky, eliminating streaks in long exposures and allowing him to take clear, bright photographs of comet Hale-Bopp and other late-night phenomena. Since then, his love for photography has grown to include journalistic and candid styles, capturing beautiful and poignant moments on the stage, campus, and throughout the world. His involvement in community service, the marines, and the College Democrats has afforded him many unique opportunities to develop and pursue his passion for photography. He currently works as a paid photographer on the Bowdoin campus and continues to create pictures that reflect life's beauty, turmoil, and humor.