Eye on the World Photo Contest – winners announced!

The Center for Global Education has once again organized the Eye on the World Photo Contest this spring. This contest was open to all students, faculty and staff to submit photos. Voting took place over International Education Week last month, and Global Ed has now announced its contest winners!

This year’s contest included five categories: Building Community Together (Apart); Global Issues and Awareness; Challenging Identity; Global Classroom; and New Adventures.

Thank you to all students, faculty, and staff that submitted photos this year.

Top Three: Building Community Together (Apart)

First place: Common Ground, Denmark. By Marissa Kanakry

Second place: Who says we are different?, Singapore. By Nichapa Wongthonglua

Third place: Happy Birthday, Newton, MA. By Emma Bradshaw

Top Three: Challenging Identity

A masked student looks at the camera, with Black Lives Matters protests in the background.
In Nepal, Buddhist and Hindu people visit each other temples and celebrates each other's festivals.
The correfoc (“fire run”) has devils who set off fireworks to demonstrate the fight between Good and Evil during the Catalan celebration of La Mercè.

First place: Black Lives, Norton, MA. By Sophie Waters

Second place: Janaki Temple, Janakpur, Nepal. By Dolma Tsering Lama

Third place: Good vs Evil in the Correfoc, Barcelona, Spain. By Jeanne Specht

Top Three: Global Classroom

Cleansing our judgments and biases in preparation for our journey through the 13 cleansing fountains in Bali.
Young nuns from Tsoknyi Ling nunnery in a classroom.
The ancient fortress and island became a classroom on an educational excursion! Students walk along the narrow path above the sea to the fortress.

First place: Cleansing Pools, Bali. By Katie Brown

Second place: Dharma and Secular Education, Swayambhu, Nepal. By Dolma Tsering Lama

Third place: Forte de São João Baptista, Berlengas Islands, Portugal. By Sadie Woodward

Top Three: Global Issues & Awareness

Dog sitting amongst protesters in demonstration lying down for 9 minutes and 29 seconds.
Captured on film, Carol Love spends Christmas looking out her window. Relatives spell "Merry Christmas" as she can not hear from the other side.
Nepal is a developing country depending on Tourism for its economy. This busy street in Bhaktapur was empty when I was home last winter.

First Place: untitled, Portland, ME. By Billy Myers

Second place: Nana Behind the Window, Waterville, ME. By Madison Morin

Third place: Tourism? (what tourism?), Nepal. By Dolma Tsering Lama

Top Three: New Adventures

Looking out at the pastel buildings from the footpath from Vernazza to Monterosso
I am standing at the main gate of Gyeongbokgung palace where the past and the future of South Korea meets with each other.
Seaside picture from April 2020, my freshman year Spring Break in Ptown with Wheaton friends. Right before the pandemic hit.

First place: Wonderous Pastels, Vernazza, Italy. By Mairen O’Neill

Second place: Walking towards the future from the past, Seoul, South Korea. By Chogyal Norbu

Third place: By the Sea, Provincetown, MA. By Chloe Carvalho

Best Faculty/Staff Photo

Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Moab Utah.
Small people, big arch, Moab, Utah, by Walter Eykel.

Honorable Mentions, all categories

Photo taken down a street along the water in Nevis, a Caribbean Island.
A student's first experience winter hiking Mt. Washington.
Overview of a large lake in Maine, surrounded by trees. Some trees are starting to get their fall colors
View of the stars, from Cape Cod
The river that runs outside of Toledo, Spain, with lush green forests on either side
A student filming my first documentary with their dad, whom the film is mostly about and dedicated to.
A blurry photo of three friends exploring the religious lighting display at La Salette at night
A Curiquingue bird perched on the summit of Ruku Pinicha, above the clouds
Newton, Massachusetts's first Indigenous People's Day celebration in person.
Portrait of a student's first time wearing their Thai traditional dress in front of so many people, feeling so comfortable and proud of the culture they grew up in
A student walks along a wooden board towards a large wooden troll statue in the Danish countryside
After a summer of remote work, a live portrait is in order as co-workers Sofie Weston, and Cay Watson-Fields meet in person for the first time.
A student sits at the water's edge watching sunset, with their bike behind them
A crowded Lisbon street, full of students (presumably), to highlight the rising housing prices that locals cannot afford