Every year, JKU hosts a photo contest where all outgoing students can submit up to eight photos they took while their time abroad for the last two semesters. Following are my submissions with credits below. “Ladies” won third prize: Study Abroad Photo Contest 2009 (jku.at).
Photo Credits
| Meditations of Memory | December 13, 2008 Vietnam Veterans Memorial, The National Mall / Constitution Gardens, Washington, DC |
The names of the fallen soldiers are engraved in granite. Reflected in the background of the polished stone is the 161-year old Washington Monument. |
| Cultural Encounters | February 21, 2009, Jackson Square, New Orleans, LA | In the country built by the world, an Asian girl is consuming this American Symbol, a Coke. |
| Atlanta Artery | April 29, 2009, The Sundial, Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta, GA | The seven-lane highway I-75/85 is the major north-south traffic route in Atlanta. |
| Take Me Home, Country Roads | May 15, 2009, US-89A, AZ | Biker on the lonesome US-89A in the northern desert of Arizona. |
| Lonesome | May 13, 2009, Kaibab Trail, Grand Canyon National Park, AZ | Creeping wildlife at Grand Canyon. This lizard is about 6 inches long. |
| Twosome | April 25, 2009, Lullwater Park / Emory University, Atlanta, GA | Two squirrels have spring fever. |
| Ladies | May 9, 2009, California 1, CA | Three sunbathing sea lions. |
| Prevail | May 16, 2009, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, NV | We humans are forever trying to prevail over nature. |