Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

A self-portrait done by O'Daniell for his twitter photo.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Brandon Lloyd pulls in a TD catch against wisc Joey Boese in the last minutes of the University of Illinois Football game against Wisconsin in Champaign Saturday afternoon. 10/20/2001 News-Gazette photo by Robert K. O'Daniell

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Skydiver with distant storm cloud in the background at the World Free Fall Convention at Rantoul Sunday evening August 3, 2003. 

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

ILLUSTRATION FOR ARTICLE ON THE JOHN PHILIP SUOSA LIBRARY. Marching Illini member posed with the sousaphone. Several photos of a flag were taken and individual stripes from those flag photos were layered into the image one at a time. - - It took quite a while considering the computing power available to us at that time. Fall of 1996.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Jeff Freeman, Champaign, takes a walk on the new curvy paths in Hessel Park in Champaign Monday morning February 27, 2006.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Anita Wilcott (Decatur) surprises Obama with a kiss as he posed for a photo with her.   Barak Obama campaigns for the US Senate at Clinton High School in Clinton Monday afternoon August 2, 2004.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

 Miron Kam , UI senior in Archectecture takes a study break on the University of Illinois Quad in Urbana monday afternoon June 23, 2003 6/23/03 2:43:05 PM

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

People going in all directions on the many sidewalks across the UI QUad in Urbana Wednesday morning. November 13, 2002.  

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Glass door at the Dana Thomas house in Springfield. A Frank Lloyd Wright house restored by the state of Illinois. 1990.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

The front row is a good seat for the movies, but not for seeing Roger Ebert or any of the other speakers at the podium at the Virginia Theater. Photos from the Thirteenth Annual Roger Ebert's Film Festival in Champaign, IL. Wednesday, April 27, 2011.

Photographer: Cindy Pringle

Robert K. O'Daniell shoots an assignment about goats.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

The gardens at Meadowbrook park in Urbana, IL. Friday , October 1, 2010

Photographer: Robert K O'Daniell

Nick Anderson celebrates the winning basket at Indiana in 1989.

University of Illinois’ Nick Anderson celebrates his last second thirty foot 3-point shot that beat Indiana on their home court.  Indiana’s  #4  Jay Edwards (back to camera) had put Indiana ahead with 2 seconds left and was guarding Anderson when he made the basket. The win seeded  Illinois # 1 in the NCAA Midwest regional  at Indianapolis and sent Indiana packing to a far away venue. 

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

President Gerald Ford and retiring US Representative Les Arends in Melvin, Ill Oct 24, 1974

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

George Wallace campaigns for President at Williard Airport in 1972.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Baby robins complain about the cold weather in their home near Hessel Park in Champaign, IL. Tuesday, May 17, 2011.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

University of Illinois baseball players cover Illinois field at Wright and University ( now the site of the Beckman Insitute) with tarp in the rain. Spring of 1986.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Bob Dylan at the first Farm-Aid.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

5/5/92 - Urbana police carry MariCarmen Moreno out of the Henry Administration Building.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Photo of lightning storm from the roof of the News-Gazette building. summer 1992

Photographer: Teak Phillips

Robert K. O'Daniell photographs Jason Verduzco at Illinois football picture day in August 16, 1992

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

"Lone Swimmer" July 1982.

IMPE pool

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

A LITTLE HELP

Fourteen cameras of the Illini basketball band lie on the ground as they hurry for their souvenir photo in front of the Alamo in San Antonio for the next round of NCAA basketball Thursday morning They talked News Gazette photographer into shooting one snapshot from each camera. 3/22/2001

Photographer: Robert K O'Daniell

Stevie Wonder - believed to be circa 1974.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Rural firefighter waiting for more water from an undated print.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

A single exposure of a ferris wheel at the Champaign County Fair taken while moving a specialty camera with a traveling slit shutter. July 1996.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Illinois running back Mikel Leshoure (5) leads a string of defenders on a long run. Gameday at Wrigley for the Illinois vs Northwestern football game in Chicago, IL. Saturday, November 20, 2010

Photographer: Robert K O'Daniell

FEELS LIKE SUMMER."Summer is sleeping late.  Moving slow so you don't sweat too much.  Then the sun goes down.  The cool of the dark brings a renewed energy.  And people come out to play in a puddle of light."  Staff photographers were asked to take a photo that depicts "summer".    July 2009

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

BVB 1 Kellen Sarver goes high, avoids the tag from CS 11Joseph Aeilts and is safe at second in the Little League Semi-final game between Campus Sportswear and Bacon and Van Buskirk at Robeson Field in Champaign, IL. Monday evening June 28, 2010.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Chester Frazier in the Big Ten tournament Game between Penn State and Illinois in Indianapolis, In. Thursday afternoon March 13, 2008.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

An out of the office workstation at the IHSA super-sectional game between Salt Fork and Tri-Valley  in Champaign, IL.  Monday May 31, 2010.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Riding through the rain at the Tour de Champaign bicycle races in Champaign, Il., Saturday July 11, 2009.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

concrete pour for the north plaza.
Soldier Field construction progress in Chicago Wednesday October 16, 2002 .

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Centennial golfer Billy Regan hits out of the sand at Brookhill Golf Course in Rantoul, IL, Monday afternoon, September 22, 2008. Centennial was in a meet with Rantoul. 

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Illinois Tyler Mizoguchi on the vault at the Big Ten Men's Gymnastics Championship at Huff Hall on the UI campus in Champaign, IL. Friday, April 1, 2011.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

A contestant warms up for the bronco riding at the rodeo.
June 1993

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

bonnie blair glides across the as as she loosens her skates after setting a new track record for the 500m at the Pettit National Ice Center saturday afternoon Feb  1995 

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Central High school swimmer Tyler McGill, at the Unit 4 pool in Centennial High School in Champaign Thursday afternoon. January 2, 2003.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Brian Wilson in the doubles match at the UI tennis meet against Ohio State at the Atkins Tennis Center in Urbana Sunday afternoon April 11 , 2004.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Steve Pangburn (tuscola) runs a leg in the boys 3200 relay just before the meet was called due to the weather at MS high school track in Mahomet monday afternoon. 5/17/1999

Photographer: Robert O'Daniell

The main mass of runners come east on Green St approaching Wright at the first Illinois Marathon in Champaign, IL. Saturday morning April 11, 2009.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

A Centennial player slides through the mud in the IHSA quarterfinal football game between Oak Forest and Centennial at Oak Forest   Friday evening   November  10, 2006.

Robert K. O'Daniell among several photographers and police at Sixth and Green during the anti-war demonstrations.

Photo from 1970 illio

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Composite of tree in summer/winter done in 2002 done as a special project for someone.  

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Garth Brooks performs at the Assembly Hall in Champaign in March 1997.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Gov Jim Thompson looks at photos taken at the groundbreaking with Kyutaro Okamoto. They were waiting for the grand opening ceremony of the Eagle Wings plant to begin. Okamoto is with the Mitsubishi Motor Corp.  In Rantoul August 10, 1988.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

 Michael Smetanna, UI senior, shovels out a friends car, Corie (cq) Patterson, on Third St near Daniel in Champaign Friday afternoon February 15, 2007.   He was helping so she could use the car saturday. 

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Farmers Ag service , Gifford spreads lime on Johnson Farms  south west of Rantoul  Tuesday morning February 28, 2006.  

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

For the At Home Magazine. The kitchen of  the Devine house on Prospect in Champaign, IL,  Thursday afternoon February 28, 2008.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

John Hart, right Tolono, and Tom Nichols, Champaign, working for the City of CHampaign mark a new commercial loading zone on Fremont next to the One Main Building in downtown Champaign Thursday morning July 14, 2005.  

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

The rig pulls away with most of the plows cutting into the field. The first attempt to set a the Guinness World record with a 60 bottom plow was held at The Half Century of Progress II  in Rantoul  on Friday, August 26, 2005. Three Vintage Case Steam tractors hitched up to a string of five twelve bottom plows.  

Photographer: Robert K O'Daniell

The dome over the caribbean exhibit at the John G. Shedd Aquarium in chicago on Thursday 4/5/2001

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Gov Rod Blagojevich jogging near Fourth and Pennsylvania on the University of Illinois campus Tuesday morning July 22, 2003

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

A few pedestrians and cars break up the pattern of lights on the rain soaked Green St at Wright in Champaign Sunday November 23, 2003.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Marty Nunn, boxer to make his pro debut on friday. photos at his home in Champaign Tuesday afternoon April 13, 2004.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Construction at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana Tuesday afternoon September 28, 2004.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Robinson's Meyers Leonard pulls down a rebound in the basketball game between St Thomas More and Robinson at the Assembly Hall in Champaign, Il., Saturday afternoon, December 13, 2008.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Gov George Ryan visits with Rashmi Kapoor (Crisis Nursery volunteer) holding 8 month old Deshawn Sturkey after a news conference at the Crisis Nursery in Urbana thursday afternoon. 6/17/1999

Photographer: Rick Danzl

Robert K. O'Daniell leaves the field after the Illinois and Louisiana Tech college football game at Memorial Stadium in Champaign Saturday September 22, 2012.