Global Images Photo Contest
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OFF-CAMPUS STUDY PHOTO CONTEST ~~~~ GLOBAL IMAGES Welcome to Off-Campus Study’s Global Images photo contest! All Colby College students who studied or did work abroad between June 2008 and August 2009 were encouraged to submit up to 2 of their favorite photos. The 1st place winners from each of the four categories are shown below followed by a list of all winners. Category 1: Portraits 1st Place photo "Breakfast in Xijiang" taken by Katie Lebling '10
This photo was taken at a small restaurant in Guizhou, China. Two of my friends and I were eating the traditional breakfast of warm soy milk and a fried bread stick at the restaurant of this girl's mother. As is customary for small children in China, she is dressed in far too many layers for the balmy weather. She was given her breakfast at the same time as we were, but quickly became frustrated with the unwieldy chopsticks and resorted to putting her face directly in the bowl to eat. She watched us with curiosity and perhaps confusion as we ate beside her, but eventually grew bored and wandered off down the street, bowl and chopsticks still in hand. We passed her a few more times that day, sitting on her small chair by the restaurant's entrance. (Guizhou, China) 
Category 2: Social Issue 1st Place photo "Eying the Past" taken by Julia Duchon '10
A graffiti face overlooks the barren courtyard of Valparaiso's Ex-Carcel, an old prison that, during the Pinochet era, housed Chilean political prisoners, the majority of whom were youth. Today, the prison has been converted into an open and cultural space where Chileans can demonstrate their political freedom as well as their freedom of expression through art. The face, spray painted upon a wall that once hindered self-expression, shows the juxtaposition between Chile's politically constrained past and its current desire to break free from the past and embrace its freedom. (Valparaiso, Chile)
Category 3: Landscapes/Citiscapes 1st Place photo "Mirror Pond in the Fjordland featuring the Southern Alps" taken by Meri Tumilty '10
On the way to Milford Sound for a cruise through the Fjordlands in the Southwest corner of the southern island of New Zealand. This pond is called Mirror Pond and is reflecting part of the Southern Alps. The famous Milford Trek journeys through these mountains as well. (Te Anau, New Zealand)
Category 4: Study Abroad in Action 1st Place photo "Walking Among the Icy Clouds" taken by Brandon Castelino '10
In the frigid town of El Calafate in Patagonia lies the largest non-retreating glacier in the world - Perito Moreno. The world’s third largest reserve of fresh water, students, including Brandon Castelino '10, and tourists alike are invited to hike on the glacier, seeing the ways the glacier collapses dramatically into the ocean while sampling the glacier's fresh and crystal clear blue water. (El Calafate, Argentina (Patagonia))
Congratulations to all our winners! click here to view a slideshow of all photos entered 1st Place --
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