Views from Away Photo Competition

Views from Away Photo Competition

2008-2009: Part 1

The Views from Away Photo Competition is held every year, for images taken by students who studied away in the previous year. You can see all the entries on the following 2 pages. Click on the small images to see them larger.

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Alexander Williams, Fall 2008, University of Edinburgh (IFSA-Butler)

Self-Portrait on Calton Hill: From Calton Hill. The National Monument, left, honors Scots who died during the Napoleonic Wars. Nelson's Monument, right, was designed in imitation of an upturned telescope. Greens and Shadow: From Arthur's Seat, a classically Scottish view. The two large buildings behind the links are Pollock Halls, the University's most popular first-year residency Saltire Sky: From the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle. An ancient fortress, and yet Americans have done time here. A Scottish flag (or saltire) can be seen, center
Self-Portrait on Calton Hill: From Calton Hill. The National Monument, left, honors Scots who died during the Napoleonic Wars. Nelson's Monument, right, was designed in imitation of an upturned telescope. Greens and Shadow: From Arthur's Seat, a classically Scottish view. The two large buildings behind the links are Pollock Halls, the University's most popular first-year residency Saltire Sky: From the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle. An ancient fortress, and yet Americans have done time here. A Scottish flag (or saltire) can be seen, center

Caitlin Beach, Spring 2009, Swarthmore College, Grenoble, France

Undoubtedly the best part of living in France for five months - macarons At the major tourist sites (Versailles Hall of Mirrors pictured here), the average visitor seems to spend more time snapping pictures than actually taking in the surroundings The student strike at the Université de Grenoble was aptly nicknamed Le Printemps des chaises (The Spring of Chairs)
Undoubtedly the best part of living in France for five months - macarons At the major tourist sites (Versailles Hall of Mirrors pictured here), the average visitor seems to spend more time snapping pictures than actually taking in the surroundings The student strike at the Université de Grenoble was aptly nicknamed Le Printemps des chaises (The Spring of Chairs)

Carina Sandoval, Spring 2009, Temple University, Rome, Italy

Piazza del Popolo: Ancient monuments and modern technology combined that night for the National Geographic Live Earth Day concert at Piazza del Popolo, just few blocks away from the Temple University building. Italians and foreigners alike crowded the piazza to see Ben Harper and popular Italian rock band Subsonica Museum Visitors: The week of Rome's birthday (April 21), all museums were free and open to the public. The Capitoline Museum was buzzing with people wanting to see the she-wolf and the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius seen here. Tourists: I spy a Baroque fountain? At the end of the spring semester, the city filled with tourists crowding all the streets and piazzas like this one in front of the famous Spanish Steps
Piazza del Popolo: Ancient monuments and modern technology combined that night for the National Geographic Live Earth Day concert at Piazza del Popolo, just a few blocks away from the Temple University building. Italians and foreigners alike crowded the piazza to see Ben Harper and popular Italian rock band Subsonica Museum Visitors: The week of Rome's birthday (April 21), all museums were free and open to the public. The Capitoline Museum was buzzing with people wanting to see the she-wolf and the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius seen here. Tourists: I spy a Baroque fountain? At the end of the spring semester, the city filled with tourists crowding all the streets and piazzas like this one in front of the famous Spanish Steps

Elizabeth Selinger, Spring 2009, Duke in the Andes, Ecuador

Dance photo: This is my dance team performing a traditional cumbia song (Cumbia comes from Colombia) at the Universidad Politécnica Salesiana in Quito, Ecuador Purple people: This photo was taken during the Good Friday Procession in the Historical Center of Quito, Ecuador during Semana Santa. These masked men are called the cucuruchos and represent penitents Turtles: This is a photo taken during our program outing to the Galápagos Islands. The two giant tortoises are mating, a very SLOW and difficult process for the turtles and for the person watching!
Dance photo: This is my dance team performing a traditional cumbia song (Cumbia comes from Colombia) at the Universidad Politécnica Salesiana in Quito, Ecuador Purple people: This photo was taken during the Good Friday Procession in the historical center of Quito during Semana Santa. These masked men are called the cucuruchos and represent penitents Turtles: Taken during our program outing to the Galápagos Islands. The two giant tortoises are mating, a very SLOW and difficult process for the turtles and for the person watching!

Elizabeth Wilcosky, Fall 2008, IES, Granada, Spain

Late afternoon in the Alhambra during an Islamic Art and Architecture class visit A man scoops olives in Tangier during Ramadan. Despite the quantity of food in the picture, he is unable to eat until the sun sets In the shadow of the Cathedral, this was our neighborhood stop for spices and herbs
Late afternoon in the Alhambra during an Islamic Art and Architecture class visit A man scoops olives in Tangier during Ramadan. Despite the quantity of food in the picture, he is unable to eat until the sun sets In the shadow of the Cathedral, this was our neighborhood stop for spices and herbs

Jaclyn Zaborski, Spring 2009, Syracuse Florence, Italy

A tiny enoteca near Santa Maria Novella. This is where I bought my pasta and olive oil in Florence This is why I climbed the Duomo! Street artists in Florence. Every day they would be working on a new piece
A tiny enoteca near Santa Maria Novella. This is where I bought my pasta and olive oil in Florence This is why I climbed the Duomo! Street artists in Florence. Every day they would be working on a new piece

Jeffrey Bush, Fall 2008, SIT, Madagascar (Ecology & Conservation)

A Bamboo Lemur that I encountered when I was studying the impacts of Eco-Tourism on Madagascar's National Parks. Wonder how I got so close? Francis. This photo is of my host brother when I spent a week in a village in the poorest region of Madagascar Solomon: This is Solomon who welcomed me into his home when I was studying why his ancestral land had been annexed by an international conservation NGO
A Bamboo Lemur that I encountered when I was studying the impacts of Eco-Tourism on Madagascar's National Parks. Wonder how I got so close? Francis. This photo is of my host brother when I spent a week in a village in the poorest region of Madagascar Solomon: This is Solomon, who welcomed me into his home when I was studying why his ancestral land had been annexed by an international conservation NGO

Jose Christopher Mirasol, Year 2008-09, University of Melbourne, Australia

An advertisement by Ferrero Roche in the heart of Melbourne Central. It created a Christmas tree shape when viewed from the side perspective A distorted, burnt Eucalyptus tree in Kings Canyon, Northern Territory during a camping trip to the Australian Outback View of Whitsunday Island, Queensland from a helicopter ride over the Great Barrier Reef. It has some of the purest white sand in the world
An advertisement by Ferrero Rocher in the heart of Melbourne Central. It created a Christmas tree shape when viewed from the side
 A distorted, burnt eucalyptus tree in Kings Canyon, Northern Territory during a camping trip to the Australian Outback View of Whitsunday Island, Queensland from a helicopter ride over the Great Barrier Reef. It has some of the purest white sand in the world

Joseph Babler, Spring 2009, ISLE, Kandy, Sri Lanka

Downtown Kandy, a large city nestled in the hills, decorated for the Sri Lankan New Year A Dutch fort from the 16th century on the Indian Ocean A view of a white Buddha statute at Mihintale, the supposed place where an ancient king was the first on the island converted to Buddhism
Downtown Kandy, a large city nestled in the hills, decorated for the Sri Lankan New Year A Dutch fort from the 16th century on the Indian Ocean A view of a white Buddha statue at Mihintale, the supposed place where an ancient king was the first on the island converted to Buddhism

Kate Epstein, Spring 2009, SIT, Madagascar (Ecology & Conservation)

My host sisters in our house on the island of Nosy Be. Theirs is a typical house of raffia with a tin roof Ny Ana at Cirque Rouge, a geological formation of fresh-water runoff and natural multi-colored clay. Here, Ny Ana's in the process of using the pink, green, and purple clay as makeup! A pousse-pousse driver relaxing on the side of the road in a Northwestern market village
My host sisters in our house on the island of Nosy Be. Theirs is a typical house of raffia with a tin roof Ny Ana at Cirque Rouge, a geological formation of fresh-water runoff and natural multi-colored clay. Here, Ny Ana's in the process of using the pink, green, and purple clay as makeup! A pousse-pousse driver relaxing on the side of the road in a Northwestern market village

Kristen Chmielewski, Spring 2009, DIS Copenhagen, Denmark

For the annual Easter festival in Prague, children in traditional Czech dress prepare to perform folk music. My Prague Memory and Identity class delighted in this celebration of spring and tradition Mannequins line the Stroget, Copenhagen's main walking and shopping street, sporting the latest spring fashions and the most realistic human features to date Vendors in Prague sell these delicately hand-painted eggs for Easter. The eggs overflow from baskets, taunting tourists with colorful Czech artistry
For the annual Easter festival in Prague, children in traditional Czech dress prepare to perform folk music. My Prague Memory and Identity class delighted in this celebration of spring and tradition Mannequins line the Stroget, Copenhagen's main walking and shopping street, sporting the latest spring fashions and the most realistic human features to date Vendors in Prague sell these delicately hand-painted eggs for Easter. The eggs overflow from baskets, taunting tourists with colorful Czech artistry

Lawrence Wang, Spring 2009, University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK

Bagpiper, Procession Tradition is very important at St. Andrews This, a Dean's procession, showcases some very St. Andrews qualities: pomp, humor, and pubs Robert Ferguson Scotland venerates their writers. Statues to them are not uncommon. As an aspiring author, it can only inspire
Bagpiper. Procession Tradition is very important at St. Andrews This, a Dean's procession, showcases some very St Andrews qualities: pomp, humor, and pubs Robert Ferguson Scotland venerates their writers. Statues to them are not uncommon. As an aspiring author, it can only inspire

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