Through a Different Lens: Photos Capture Beauty Abroad

April 25, 2017

Photo Gallery

  • 鈥淚magine鈥 by Erin Xu 鈥17 (First Place)

    鈥淚 walked around an old town square in Prague with headphones on listening to John Lennon. We had just visited the John Lennon Wall the day before. Lennon had never been to Prague, but Prague has a Lennon Wall and a Lennon spirit. I captured this moment just when the song 鈥業magine鈥 came up on my playlist: 鈥業magine there's no countries/Imagine all the people living life in peace/Imagine all the people sharing all the world...'"

  • 鈥淲adi Al-Qamr (The Valley of the Moon)鈥 by Waleed (Ed) Alkoor '19 (Second Place)

    鈥淭his photo was taken in the infamous Wadi Rum, or 鈥楻oman Valley,鈥 of southern Jordan. The location and isolation from the city give the desert visible starry nights. With the assistance of a local Bedouin, we positioned my brother Zane on top of one of the tribe's trucks to get a good angle of the purple night sky. Big thanks to the desert juice crew and Carter Durling of N.C. State.鈥

  • 鈥淟ight Reading鈥 by Carolyn Raihala '18 (Third place)

    鈥淚 studied abroad in Florence, Italy, and my roommate and I went to Palermo for our last weekend adventure. I was struck by the dramatic illumination of a fellow tourist in Concattedrale Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio, and it was only during postproduction that I discovered the men above my subject were reading, too.鈥

  • Untitled by Mila Loneman '18 (Cultural Interaction category winner)

    "The photo was taken while walking down the twisted streets of The Old City in Hyderabad, India鈥搕his photo is a small step back in time."

  • 鈥淲hite Cliffs of Dover鈥 by Stephen Pacheco '18 (Nature category winner)

    "The White Cliffs of Dover form part of the English coastline and are known as an iconic landmark, offering stunning views and teeming with wildlife. The cliff face reaches up to 350 feet and is composed of chalk, accentuated by streaks of black flint. The cliffs stretch along the coastline for eight miles."

  • 鈥淲isdom is a Virtue鈥 by Daniel Zawadski '18 (Place category winner)

    鈥淭his photo was taken from the Great St. Mary鈥檚 Church tower during the few sunny minutes of a typical rainy day in Cambridge (United Kingdom). It overlooks one of the most prestigious universities in the world and truly brings into relief the beauty of knowledge and wisdom.鈥

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From Italy to India, students traverse the globe to learn new things about the world and themselves鈥揳round three-quarters of the student body study, travel, work or perform service abroad. The annual Dean Rusk Photo Competition showcases the most interesting and arresting photos captured by students abroad.

This year鈥檚 contest included more than 150 entries. A panel of judges evaluated the entries, and the winners were revealed at an April gala. The top three overall winners received cash prizes, and Summit Coffee gift cards went to the winners in three additional categories: nature, place and cultural interaction. Enjoy this slide show featuring the 2017 winners.