Welcome to the 10th Annual Global Images Photo Contest for the 2017/18 Academic Year Photo Contest. This contest is open to all Colby Colby students who studied or did work abroad during the 2017-2018 academic year.
We would like to encourage you to submit photo(s) along with a short description that capture the people and places that contributed to your unique experience abroad.
There are four distinct categories you can choose from and you can participate in two at once. The winning photos are selected by a student, faculty and staff panel and there are prizes to be won! Submission Deadline: Sunday, November 4th, midnight.
Four Photo Contest Categories:
Landscapes and Streetscapes: A landscape or streetscape that reveals your vision of the place you visited and provides a sense of that place.
Portraits: A portrait of a person or group of people you encountered abroad.
The Global Classroom: A representation of an academic aspect of your off-campus study experience.
The student experience: Representation of a personal or professional skill you developed while you were out seeing the world.
Photo Contest Rules
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CONTEST RULES
- Submit up to 2 photos, each photo must be in a different category and from international locations outside the U.S.
- Send high resolution, original photos (minimum size of 1MB) — photos copied from Facebook or your phone do not have high enough resolution for enlargement.
- Photos must have a file name that includes your Lastname_Firstname_class year_ Country.jpg. Please put PHOTO CONTEST ENTRY in the subject line of your email.
- Submit “Photo Registration Form” (OCS photo contest Registration form ’18) for EACH photo (including Student name, class year, title of photo, location, and must include the mandatory description/caption).
- Email the Photos and Registration forms to smforbes@colby.edu. Photos with no or incomplete registration information will be disqualified and not considered for the contest.
CONTEST CATEGORIES
- Category 1 – Landscapes & Streetscapes: A landscape or streetscape that reveals or symbolizes your vision of the place you visited and provides a sense of the place in which it was taken. What about this image makes it meaningful for you?
- Category 2 – Portraits: A portrait of a person or group of people you encountered abroad. How did this encounter occur or what was your relationship with this person(s)? How does this portrait capture or illustrate, for you, the way of life or cultural context of the people among whom you lived during your studies abroad? What does it tell you about the people of this country?
- Category 3 – The Global Classroom: Select a photo which represents an academic aspect of your off-campus study experience, indicating the name and type of program on which you studied. The photo should:
- Show a learning experience you had either in the classroom, during a course-related excursion, a cultural event/activity, or while engaging with local culture
- Illustrate the process of learning (and how it may or may not be different than learning at Colby), or
- Depicts a product, outcome or achievement which is a result of your academic experience
- Category 4 – The student experience: Look at the photos you took. Looking beyond the beautiful views or funny shots to select an image that illustrates or documents a personal or professional skill you developed while you were out seeing the world. What does your photo actually say about you and the skills you used or gained during your time away? Explain “what you see” in the photo at first glance (what the picture is about) versus “what you get” (what lesson(s) or skills your derived from the activity or experience.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE
Deadline
- Please don’t miss the Submission Deadline: Sunday, November 4, midnight. Late entries will have to be disqualified.
JUDGING
Judging
- First, Second and Third place winning photos in each will be selected by a panel composed of OCS staff, student workers, and Colby faculty/staff members.
- Photos will be judged on the basis of artistic and technical merit, originality, and the image’s ability to capture an experience, location, or event abroad with an emphasis on the student’s description and interpretation of the meaning of the photo as written in the photo caption.
PRIZES
- The first, second and third place winners in each category will receive a $75, $50 or $25 (respectively) gift card and an Off-Campus Study t-shirt.
- Winning photos will be on display in Pulver Pavilion and will be exhibited at other locations around campus. The photos will also be on our OCS website and Facebook pages.
- All submissions can be viewed (after the submission deadline) on our Facebook page Off-Campus Study at Colby College.
Past Photo Contest Winners
Photo Contest 2017: winning photos from students abroad in 2016-17
Landscapes and Streetscapes
A landscape or streetscape that reveals or symbolizes your vision of the place you visited and provides a sense of the place in which it was taken. What about this image makes it meaningful for you?
Portraits
A portrait of a person or group of people you encountered abroad. How did this encounter occur or what was your relationship with this person(s)? How does this portrait capture or illustrate, for you, the way of life or cultural context of the people among whom you lived during your studies abroad? What does it tell you about the people of this country?
The Global Classroom
Select a photo which represents an academic aspect of your off-campus study experience, indicating the name and type of program on which you studied. The photo should:
- Show a learning experience you had either in the classroom, during a course-related excursion, a cultural event/activity, or while engaging with local culture
- Illustrate the process of learning (and how it may or may not be different than learning at Colby), or
- Depicts a product, outcome or achievement which is a result of your academic experience
The Student Experience
Look at the photos you took. Looking beyond the beautiful views or funny shots to select an image that illustrates or documents a personal or professional skill you developed while you were out seeing the world. What does your photo actually say about you and the skills you used or gained during your time away? Explain “what you see” in the photo at first glance (what the picture is about) versus “what you get” (what lesson(s) or skills you derived from the activity or experience.
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Photo Contest 2016: winning photos from students abroad in 2015-16
Landscapes and Streetscapes
A landscape or streetscape that reveals or symbolizes your vision of the place you visited and provides a sense of the place in which it was taken. What about this image makes it meaningful for you?
Portraits
A portrait of a person or group of people you encountered abroad. How did this encounter occur or what was your relationship with this person(s)? How does this portrait capture or illustrate, for you, the way of life or cultural context of the people among whom you lived during your studies abroad? What does it tell you about the people of this country?
The Global Classroom
Select a photo which represents an academic aspect of your off-campus study experience, indicating the name and type of program on which you studied. The photo should:
- Show a learning experience you had either in the classroom, during a course-related excursion, a cultural event/activity, or while engaging with local culture
- Illustrate the process of learning (and how it may or may not be different than learning at Colby), or
- Depicts a product, outcome or achievement which is a result of your academic experience
The Student Experience
Look at the photos you took. Looking beyond the beautiful views or funny shots to select an image that illustrates or documents a personal or professional skill you developed while you were out seeing the world. What does your photo actually say about you and the skills you used or gained during your time away? Explain “what you see” in the photo at first glance (what the picture is about) versus “what you get” (what lesson(s) or skills you derived from the activity or experience.
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Photo Contest 2015: winning photos from students abroad in 2014-15
The Student Experience
Look at the photos you took. Looking beyond the beautiful views or funny shots to select an image that illustrates or documents a personal or professional skill you developed while you were out seeing the world. Based on the examples in the article 5 Resume Boosters Hidden In Your Study Abroad Photos, what does your photo actually say about you and the skills you used or gained during your time away? Explain “what you see” in the photo at first glance (what the picture is about) versus “what you get” (what lesson(s) or skills you derived from the activity or experience.
The Global Classroom
Select a photo which represents an academic aspect of your off-campus study experience, indicating the name and type of program on which you studied. The photo should:
- Show a learning experience you had either in the classroom, during a course-related excursion, a cultural event/activity, or while engaging with local culture
- Illustrate the process of learning (and how it may or may not be different than learning at Colby), or
- Depicts a product, outcome or achievement which is a result of your academic experience
Portraits
A portrait of a person or group of people you encountered abroad. How did this encounter occur or what was your relationship with this person(s)? How does this portrait capture or illustrate, for you, the way of life or cultural context of the people among whom you lived during your studies abroad? What does it tell you about the people of this country?
Landscapes and Streetscapes
A landscape or streetscape that reveals or symbolizes your vision of the place you visited and provides a sense of the place in which it was taken. What about this image makes it meaningful for you?