“Another Season Comes and Goes,” Part 9

The Medical Humanities Society at Des Moines University presents its first annual online arts gallery, “Another Season Comes and Goes.” The gallery features art works and the written word by DMU students depicting seasons of human life and of the earth.

Gallery curators are Megan Kavanaugh, a second-year osteopathic medical student, and Megha Pokhriyal, a first-year osteopathic medical student. They are executive officers of the Medical Humanities Society.

Part 9 features photography by Cliff Chen, a second-year osteopathic medical student.

Curators of “Another Season” are Megan Kavanaugh, a second-year osteopathic medical student, and Megha Pokhriyal, a first-year osteopathic medical student. They are executive officers of the Medical Humanities Society.

 Cliff took this photograph during a 28-mile backpacking trip in the Wenaha Wilderness of Oregon, his home state. “The trail we took was full of beautiful forage, and this was just one of the many pretty flowers we saw along the way,” he says.

Cliff took this photograph in Death Valley National Park. “I think that everyone in the health care profession understands and can relate to how it feels to be as ‘busy as a bee,’” he jokes.
 Cliff caught this bull elk on camera in Wyoming’s Yellowstone National Park. “Bull elk drop their horns every year, and as they start to grow them out again, they have the velvet texture seen on this bull,” he says. “So, as another season comes and goes, so do the horns on each individual bull elk.”