CULTURAL IMMERSION PHOTO ESSAY CONTEST

The London Program is pleased to announce two photo essay competitions, which are designed to reinforce the principal ideal of the London Program—cultural immersion in international contexts.

Past winners can be seen at the end of this page.

Photo Essay 1  - London/UK

Students should submit an essay of 750-1,000 words explaining how some aspect of the cultural life of London or any site in the UK has contributed to their educational experience in one or more classes currently taken in the London Program. 

The focus of this essay could be a neighbourhood, a regional setting, a museum, a play, a concert, a monument, a church, a public building, a market, an institution, or any other aspect of cultural life that bears an important relation to students’ classes. The essay should be accompanied by 3-5 photos, selected and arranged to help illuminate the point of the essay.  

Students are encouraged to be creative and innovative in their thinking, which means that the topic of the essay need not be part of a course syllabus.

Evaluation of photo essays will be made according to: 1) the significance of the cultural immersion in relation to educational experience; 2) the eloquence of the writing; 3) the relevance of the photos to the argument of the essay.

Two students may submit a single photo essay as a co-authored work.

Award:  £50.  In the event that the winning photo essay is co-authored, students will divide the £50 award equally.

Website Feature:  The winning photo essay will be featured on the London Program website.

Deadline:  Photo essays should be submitted by Friday, 6th November to Alice Tyrell at: Tyrell.5@nd.edu

The London Program reserves the right to publish all submissions on its website.

Photo Essay 2  - Abroad

Students should submit an essay of 750-1,000 words explaining how some aspect of the  cultural life of a country outside the UK has contributed to their educational experience in one or more classes currently taken in the London Program. 

The focus of this essay could be a neighbourhood, a regional setting, a museum, a play, a concert, a monument, a church, a public building, a market, an institution, or any other aspect of cultural life that bears an important relation to students’ classes. The essay should be accompanied by 3-5 photos, selected and arranged to help illuminate the point of the essay.  

Students are encouraged to be creative and innovative in their thinking, which means that the topic of the essay need not be part of a course syllabus.

Evaluation of photo essays will be made according to: 1) the significance of the cultural immersion in relation to educational experience; 2) the eloquence of the writing; 3) the relevance of the photos to the argument of the essay.

Two students may submit a single photo essay as a co-authored work.

Award:  £50.  In the event that the winning photo essay is co-authored, students will divide the £50 award equally.

Website Feature:  The winning photo essay will be featured on the London Program website.

Deadline:  Photo essays should be submitted by Friday, 4th December to Alice Tyrell at: Tyrell.5@nd.edu

The London Program reserves the right to publish all submissions on its website.

Past Winners

Photo Essay 1  - London/UK - Fall 2008 Joint Winners

The World Is Not Enough by Michelle Nguyen

Where Paths Converged on Snowdon Mountain  by Jeff Lakusta           

Photo Essay 1  - London/UK - Fall 2008 Honorable Mention

Brick Lane by Haley Beaupre (pdf)

Photo Essay 1  - London/UK - Spring 2009 Winner

Moments of Connection by Katie Ledwidge

Photo Essay 1  - London/UK - Spring 2009 Honorable Mention

A Sunday on Brick Lane by Alex Wheeler
A Space In Which to Breathe by Nicholas Andert 
Trafalgar Square by Stephanie Elise Newsome

 

Photo Essay 2  - Abroad - Fall 2008 Winner

Glen Coe by Lauren Cook

Photo Essay 2  - Abroad - Fall 2008 Honorable Mention

Election by Ezinne Ndukwe

It Was All Because of the French Revolution by Michelle Nguyen

Photo Essay 2  - Abroad - Spring 2009 Joint Winners

“Never Again”: Dachau’s Lesson in Learning from Our Past by Conor Bindner

The Creation of an Identity Crisis: Berlin, by Robby Schoder