A Wichita State University student's photo series has received international attention since its fall exhibit in the Cadman Art Gallery.

Kelsy Gossett, the photographer behind the series, is studying for her Master of Fine Arts in Photography and has been featured in the Cadman Art Gallery multiple times.

Gossett’s series, “Wake Up,” has been highlighted in Feature Shoot, an online database that showcases the photography of international emerging and established photographers. It has also appeared on Zeitjung, a German journalism website with more than 6 million views per month; Hypeness, a Brazilian webpage that features art, design and photography; and NLCafé, a Hungarian journalism site.

“Wake Up” explores vulnerability and intimacy through a series of photographs taken moments after Gossett’s subjects awake in their beds in the morning.

“Inhabiting this intimate space with people allows me to document them just as they are, with guards down and insecurities at bay,” Gossett said. “The time between the body awakening and the consciousness fully waking is short and fleeting. I believe in this brief amount of time, there is a special bond that occurs between people. It is one of trust, vulnerability and honesty.”

To see the photos in the “Wake Up” series, or others by Gossett, go to www.kelsygossett.com.

The Wilson K. Cadman Art Gallery, located on the first floor of the Rhatigan Student Center, is operated by Student Involvement. The gallery serves as a teaching space for budding artists within the WSU community. It provides students with professional experience in curating, organizing and executing exhibitions of their artwork.