Winners of global photo competition announced
October 30, 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The University of Florida International Center announced the winners of its 11th Annual Global Culture Photo Competition.
They are:
Category 1 - study abroad students
1st Northern Lights by Ray Lowenstein (Reykjavik, Iceland)
2nd Mo’orea’s Signature by Larissa Menke (Mo'orea, Tahiti, French Polynesia)
3rd Color Cruisin' by Michael Stone (Berlin, Germany)
Category 2 - international students
1st Fun After Holi by Bac Cheng Huang (Gainesville, Fla.)
2nd Shadows on Castillo de San Marcos by Sritapa Dutta (San Augustine, Fla.)
3rd I Fell in Love with the Idea of Falling in Love with You… by Soham Das (Millennium Park, Chicago)
Category 3 - faculty, staff and alumni
1st Monastic Boyhood by Quynh-Le Nguyen (Outside of Hsipaw, Myanmar)
2nd Beijing Opera by Kenneth D. Wald (Beijing, China)
3rd Hungry Alpacas by Andrew Wolpert (Cusco, Peru)
To view all winning photos visit https://www.ufic.ufl.edu/PD/photocontest.html
An opening reception will be held at 4 p.m. Nov. 17 in the Grinter Gallery as part of International Education Week 2014. The winning photographers will be present to share the story behind their photos. An exhibit featuring the winning photographs will be shown in the gallery Nov. 12-Dec. 5. The reception and the exhibit are free and open to the public.