Rachel Legare's photos in Taiwan and Thailand

I took this image at an elephant refuge in Thailand. The portrait is of a mahout, elephant trainer. Many of the mahouts are Burmese refugees and share a similar history of violence as the elephants they care for.

I shot this image at a Mosque in Taipei city. I went up to the top floor where women pray during the service and took this photograph of a girl reciting the prayers into her hands.

Abigail Morgan's photos from India

The first photo was taken on a trip to Hampi, a site of religious ruins from the Vijayanagar Empire. It was taken inside of the Virupaksha temple during a ceremony for Shiva. This woman was sitting with her children lighting candles and chanting.

The second photo shows a Muslim woman dyeing fabric in a textile factory outside of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, Northern India. This woman was in the process of washing the dyed fabrics so that they could be set out to dry. Fields were covered in recently dyed fabrics that were lying in the afternoon sun to dry.

Olamide Holloway's photos in Costa Rica

This picture was taken in Sarapiqui Costa Rica, while Global College students were visiting the indigenous community of Chumiko. I was inspired to take this picture because of the beauty of the new friendship between the young girl and Global College student.

This picture was taken in La Carpio, Costa Rica. This picture was inspired by the contrasts, the young boy who is the hope for the future, is smiling and playful despite the garbage dump in the background right next to where his home his.

Jake Larson's photos from Panama

The first photo is of a bench in Panama that has been taken over by nature. It's backwards to what is happening to the world, where civilization is taking over nature.

The second photo is of the Indigenous Embera tribe of Panama.

Kristy Mulcrone's photos from India

The first photo was taken by Kristy Mulcrone in October on a service learning trip to visit a desert village community outside of Jaisalmer. These men were collecting precious water to give to their goat herd.

The second photo was taken the same day of one of the members of the community. It shows how globalization is affecting even some of the most rural and "traditional" areas of India.

Annie Schneider's photos in India

This photo was taken in Jaipur, Rajasthan at a textile printing factory. These two men were working hard screen printing garment fabrics for the upcoming Holiday season.

This photo was also taken in Rajasthan at the Amber Fort on the outskirts of Jaipur. These two women, who were working on construction/restoration of the fort, stopped for a quick break and overlooked the nearby town as the tourists hurriedly bustled by them.

Emily Carson's photos in Costa Rica

Emily Carson's photo, Costa Rica 2007:
among the pointed fields. Photo 1: This photo was taken in Sarapaqiu, Costa Rica 2007. This is an area that grows a good amount of fruit for international export. The man, Jose, get paid a minimal amount for every pineapple root he plants.

Emily Carson' Photo, Nicaragua: Gato y Piscado. Photo 2: This was taken at the Laguna de Apoyo in Nicaragua 2007. This boy was fishing in the early morning, and I watched him as he played and teases his trusty companion.

Elise Stuckenberg's photos in Costa Rica and Panama

This first photo I am submitting is of a little boy in Tortuguero, a small community on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica, where tourism is heavily relied on. The second photo was also taken on the Caribbean side, but in Panama in the small town of Portobello.

Lily Hanson's photos in India

Bandona, taken March 2008, on Asi Ghat in Banaras, India by Lily Hanson. Bandona is a ten year old sales girl. She spends the mornings before school and evenings after selling diyas, candles in floating baskets, to be released with a prayer into the holy river Ganga'ji. She is also an undiscovered henna genius.

Gita, taken October 10th, 2008, outside of Fort Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, India by Lily Hanson. Gita is of the Manganiyar community, historically the musicians for the Maharajahs. Now many of them sell instruments in tourist spots. Gita finds broken ankle bells and belly chains, repairs them, and tries to sell them outside of Fort Jaisalmer. Her seven month old baby is the youngest of Gita's eight children; Gita is 35 years old.

December Photo Contest Guidelines

Global College Photo Contest, December 2008/2009

Description: With the hopes of contributing to our Global College community through sharing pictures, a photo contest will be held monthly during the two semesters of the 08/09 academic school year.

November Winner:-Ali White’s photos from CRC are the winners for the Photo Contest in November. Congratulations Ali! You will receive a $25 gift certificate to www.Amazon.com. Please visit http://globalcollegephotocontest.blogspot.com/ to see Ali’s photos, along with all the amazing photos that were submitted for the Photo Contest. You can also share this blog link with friends and family.

December Theme:-OPEN!

Deadline:
-Pictures must be emailed to Susana.Smith@liu.edu on or before December 31st, 2008. Please only send one email with either one or two pictures.

Guidelines:
-The CAPTION of the photo must include the photographer’s name & date of photo.
-One person can submit one to two photos per contest.
-There will be one photo contest per month, during the Fall and Spring semester, for a total of eight photo contest during the 08/09 academic school year.
-Global College students and staff can participate.
-There will be one winner per contest.
-The Global College listserve will be used to announce each monthly photo contest, the contest’s theme and the contest’s deadline.
-Each Global College center will post a flyer to announce each monthly photo contest, the contest’s theme and the contest’s deadline.
-The Global College listserve will be used to announce the winner each month.
-Photos must be in “Jpeg” format.
-Photos must be 200 DPI (Dots per Inch), but preferably 300.
-All contributed photos will be posted on http://globalcollegephotocontest.blogspot.com/.
- Every picture should come with a one sentence description outlining where it was taken and what captivated the photographer to take the picture.
-Photos must be appropriate, so no profanity, nudity or vulgarity.
-Photos must be emailed to Susana.Smith@liu.edu on or before the monthly deadlines.
-By submitting photos, the photographer is giving permission for Global College to use the picture(s) to share with the Global College community, for marketing purposes and to be posted on the internet.
-All submitted photos must be from an experience while studying with Global College.

Reward:
-The photographer of the winning photo will receive a $25 gift certificate to www.amazon.com

Questions:-Contact Susana.Smith@liu.edu