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Documenting an athletics era: Danny Karnik

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When Danny Karnik got the camera as a gift, he didn’t think much of it.

It was fall 2007, his last autumn as a Tech undergraduate, balancing a demanding Electrical Engineering course load with a social life and a job search. However, he loved sports and decided it would not hurt to take a few pictures. He made his way to the front of the student section, armed with a camera, and clicked away. He was hooked.

“Some of the football players had seen some of my pictures, and they were like, ‘Oh, man, you should go … talk to [the Georgia Tech Athletic Association (GTAA),’ so I went to talk to the Athletic Association, but they said they had people to help them.