The James S. Murray Gallery on the second floor of Menard Hall opened its fall season Monday with the photographs of Carrie Beard. The exhibit, called “Paradigm,” is open weekdays, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., through Sept. 17.

Ms. Beard, a photographer based in Springfield, has assembled a collection of her work that she calls “a labor of love and expression 25 years in the making.”

Ms. Beard holds a degree in photojournalism and publication design from Indiana University at Bloomington. Her photojournalism training is evident, as her photos document clips of everyday life. Although the images were captured in a range of countries, as well as spanning years, each frame illuminates common human expression, elevating it to a position of art and timelessness.

After experiencing the world, Ms. Beard returned to Springfield to raise a family, and for the past several years has been taking classes at LLCC toward her professional interests. It’s there that she developed the spark to complete a series of work that began with photographs taken almost 25 years ago. Although she enjoys the physicality of working with film and the value of light in the black and white image, she is comfortable working with both analog film and digital 35 millimeter cameras. The photographs in the exhibit show the range of her experience.

More of Ms. Beard’s work can be viewed at www.carriebeard.net.

Her photos will also be featured at a reception at the college’s Trutter Museum Sept. 25 from 5-7 p.m., marking the opening of a new exhibit there.