Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Sophie Kirpan's photo from CRC in Taiwan

My classmate Elsa was instructed to trace her hand along the thin waterfall inside the world Religions museum in Taipei, Taiwan on the Comparative Religion and Culture program. This exercise was meant to help participants practice walking into the museum in complete silence and only listen to the soft fall of the water and the gentle feel of the smooth ripples.

A big part of the Taiwanese culture is the food one may purchase from small stands on the street. These are fried dumplings filled with pork and accompanied with thick soy sauce. They were served on a plate covered in a plastic bag for easy clean up. Using disposable wooden chopsticks to eat this favorite food makes the experience much more fun. This dumpling delicacy was eatin in Taipei County, Taiwan by Sophie Kirpan as part of the CRC program.

This photograph was taken of Molly at the Chiang Kai-Shek Hall in Taipei City, Taiwan on CRC. Although the buildings look miniature, it is a big, beautiful memorial hall.


Molly and I are standing outside of the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall in Taipei City, Taiwan on CRC. This large area hosts other buildings including museums, convert halls (frequently attended by the president) and gardens.

Sandra Martin's photo from India

After Dandiya - "Dandiya" is the name of the dance for the 9 Nights Festival for Hindus. The dance and sticks imitates a fight between two gods. The photo is some of the India Center students after returning from the party.

Indian Cloth - The first thing I noticed about India is the cloth - the colors and patterns are nothing I have ever seen anywhere else. This picture shows four different girls' 9 Nights Festival skirts.


Monday, September 28, 2009

Susan E Smith's photos from Nicaragua and Costa Rica

Heredia's local Saturday farmer's market, Costa Rica - Blocks and blocks of booth selling everything and anything, from fresh produce to fish to juice to clothes to flowers to chicken to soap to sugar cane to beef to honey to seeds to pork to coconuts to.......................

A Nicaraguan family's backyard



Rincon de la Vieja National Park, Costa Rica - The local volcano heats the streams that pour into this blue lagoon.


La Gigantona, Nicaragua - A local legend.

Lauren "Wren" Hayes' photos from CRC in 03/04

A woman peeking into a pouch outside of a mosque.

Washing of the elephants near Chiang Mai, Thailand.

A young boy crying on the stairs in Varanasi, India.

A woman overlooking the city in Agra, India.

Tessa Levine's photos from CRC in Taiwan

9/14/09 - A stand at the Shilin Night Market boasts a dazzling display of colorful fruit - yours for $100 NT cup! Taipei, Taiwan

9/20/09 - A child's bicyle stands in a building in the gardens of the National Palace Museum. Taipei, Taiwan


9/24/09 - A jumpled underground bookstore in Taipei, Taiwan offers not only books, but music, drums, perfume and clocks. And a spray-painted floor.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Phoebe Holland's photos from Japan

Prayers tied to a tree at the Heian Shrine.

A shinto shrine being re-painted in Osaka.


A boy playing in the river during the Hassaku festival.

A traditional wedding taking place in Osaka.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

September Photo Contest Guidelines

With the hopes of contributing to our Global College Learning Communities through picture sharing, a second annual monthly photo contest will be held during the 2009-2010 academic year. Global College students and staff can submit up to four photos every month for the contest and all submitted photos will be showcased on a special blog. Even though we are all located in various parts of the world and learning different things, we can see where and what everyone is doing. Please participate!

-The file name of the photo must be labeled including the photographer's name and date the photo was taken. Proper grammar, punctuation, spelling and capitalization is required.

-Every picture should be submitted by email to Susana.Smith@liu.edu on or before each deadline with a one sentence description about the photo's origin and inspiration.

-Photos must be in "Jpeg" format and be 200 dots per inch (DPI); however 300 DPS is preferred.

-Each individual may submit up to four photos per contest and eight photo contests will be held during the academic year. All photos must be from an experience while studying with Global College and must be appropriate containing no profanity, nudity or vulgarity.-Global College students and staff can participate and there will be one winner per contest. Each photo contest along with the theme, deadline and the previous month's winner will be announced via email. -By submitting photos, the photographer is giving permission to Global College to use the picture(s) within the Global College Community, for marketing purposes and on the world wide web.
-All contributed photos will be posted on http://globalcollegephotocontest.blogspot.com/.

Deadline:
-Please address any questions to Susan E Smith and submit up to four photos in a single email to Susana.Smith@liu.edu on or before September 30th, 2009.