2005 Photo Contest Honorable Mention Photos

	Title: “The Gift of Sight” Location: PADI clinic, Ibulanku outside Iganga, Uganda Submitted by Cassie Cash Category: Student/Resident Description: “This 8-year-old Muslim boy was found here waiting for his mother who was being counseled about HIV/AIDS. Upon closer examination, it was noticed that he was blind as a result of congenital cataracts. During out trip, he received corrective surgery and is now able to see. He is seen here in traditional Muslim attire.”
Title: "Wonders of Water" Location: Lawrence, Kansas Submitted by Susan Mendez-Eastman Category: Faculty/Staff Description: “A one-year-old experiencing the wonders of a water fountain. The wonderment seen on the face of a child when experiencing the cool, refreshing, exciting properties of water is cross-cultural. Whether it be in a creek, ocean, pool, or bath, children are amazed by the wonders of water.”
	Title: "The Streets of Delhi" Location: Delhi, India Submitted by Aishwarya Prakash Category: Student/Resident Description: “A busy street in central Old Delhi displaying houses, vendors of fruit, people going about their daily activities, cars, cycles, rickshaws and, of course, a camel transporting heavy goods looking like the typical “ship of the desert.” This picture was taken from a car I was in because it was just fascinating but no one else seemed to care about the camel in the middle of the street!”
Title: "One More Step" Location: Paris, France Submitted by Caroline Helmberger Category: Faculty/Staff Description: “This is a photo of the stairs coming down from the top of Notre Dame Cathedral. It illustrates to me the innumerable number of people who have walked these steps before me and those who will walk them after me. I think it’s amazing all of the cultures and backgrounds who have walked these steps.”
	Title: "The Beautiful Konkan Coast, India" Location: Ganpatipule, MH, India Submitted by Avadhut Joshi Category: Student/Resident Description: “This picture is taken at Ganpatipule, a religious place for Hindus and also a tourist place. Ganpatipule is located along the Konkan coast in the state of Maharashhra, India. Konkan is known as the ‘California of India’ for its evergreen beauty.”
Title: "The Kids on Slider Hill" Location: San Jose, Costa Rica Submitted by Betsy Buschkemper Category: Faculty/Staff Description: “There is no snow in Costa Rica, and only one concrete sidewalk in the barrio, but the kids there make the most of it. They love sliding down this steep hill on home-made “sleds” of old buckets, plastic lids, and crates. Kids are kids wherever you go.”
	Title: "The Market" Location: Oaxaca, Oaxaca Mexico Submitted by Chelsie Lammers Category: Student/Resident Description: “I loved all the colors and activity that surrounds this picture.”
Title: "Baozi Maker" Location: Pengzhou, China Submitted by Kate Turner Category: Faculty/Staff Description: “A shopkeeper in Pengzhou rises early to prepare breakfast near campus. Soon, a line of students and teachers will form to purchase fresh baozi and mantou – steamed breads stuffed with meat and vegetables.”
	Title: "Travel through the Andes Mountains" Location: Andes Mountains, Chile Submitted by Jaclyn Schuurmans Category: Student/Resident Description: “This photo captures our view from the top of the Andes Mountains, which we had to cross to enter Chile from Argentina. This view aroused a variety of feelings including fear, excitement, nausea and amazement. An experience I will never forget.”
Title: "No Contraception" Location: Giron, Santander Colombia Submitted by Alonso Osorio Category: Faculty/Staff Description: “Picture taken in my rural service year; an example of socio-economical deprivation and the need to procreate without the knowledge of contraception options in a severe level of poverty. We visited small rural underserved communities.”
	Title: "No Boundaries" Location: Maui, Hawaii Submitted by Jodie Javorsky Category: Student/Resident Description: “This picture was taken in the Garden of Eden during our trip to Maui last year. It seemed to perfectly capture the moment. I would soon be embarking on my final year of study and had an endless vision of what the future would hold.”
Title: “Matriarch of the Nomadic tribe” Location: Kashmir, India Submitted by Javed Iqbal Sofi Category: Faculty/Staff Description: “While traveling from Phalgam (valley of shepherds) to Aaroo, I came across this nomadic tribe (called Gujars). Here the matriarch (elderly lady) and her daughter-in-law are resting outside their cattle from the mountain top to a meadow below.”
	Title: "Happy Birthday" Location: Seoul, Korea Submitted by Joshua Sappenfield Category: Student/Resident Description: “Family celebrations are big in Korea. We drove an hour and a half to meet the rest of the extended family. We all went out to a big barbeque and came back to their home to sing Happy Birthday. Although the tune wasn’t familiar, the cake was. Watermelon is the traditional desert.”
Title: "Jamaican Salesman" Location: Montego Bay, Jamaica Submitted by Laura Bashus Category: Faculty/Staff Description: “Jamaicans trying to sell their wares are sometimes driven to desperate measures to reach customers. This gentleman reached swimmers by taking goods just outside the hotel water boundaries. Salesmanship is alive everywhere; especially in countries where goods are inexpensively sold and a few dollars mean much to the salesman.”
	Title: "Asian Market Unrest" Location: Bangkok Market, Thailand in Summer 2004 Submitted by Magda Peck Category: Faculty/Staff Description: “The market stretched for blocks under multicolored canopies: a never-ending noisy maze of alleyways full of people and smells and goods. Until midday, when a thick wet heat blankets the stalls. There is no breeze, just sweat. Everything, everyone simply stops. Can a body folded in upon itself truly find rest?”
Title: "Friendship is a Voyage" Location: Pondicherry, India Submitted by Kurinji Singaravelu Category: Student/Resident Description: “This photo was taken during one of our outings. The place is the shores of the Bay of Bengal.”
	Title: "Anshong Village Man" Location: Anshong, China Submitted by Margaret Schorn Category: Faculty/Staff Description: “In the afternoon, the men of the village would get together to tell stories.”
Title: "Wet Toes, Hot Tea" Location: Island near confluence of Chilka Lake and Bay of Bengal Submitted by Manjori Ganguly Category: Student/Resident Description: “The solitary tea-shop built of trees and palm leaves so close to the shore on a deserted island grabbed my attention. As we sipped hot tea inside the shop, the rushing waves wet our toes. The nonchalance of the boy preparing tea in ankle-deep water was quite remarkable.”
	Title: "1st Halloween" Location: Nebraska Farm Submitted by Ronald Shikiya Category: Student/Resident Description: “This is a girl from Afghanistan who just came to the States. The next day, she went to a hayrack ride on a Nebraska farm, pumpkin carving and having fun.”
Title: "Desnudito" Location: Dominican Republic, Batey Contador Submitted by Mark Hare Category: Student/Resident Description: “This little guy was chosen tour guide during my summer in Batey Contador. His smile was contagious. His favorite thing was to show me where the young boys go to swim and to catch fish when the rations from the company ran low. Unfortunately, his least favorite thing was to wear clothes or shoes.”
	Title: "Turkey Señora" Location: Oaxaca, Oaxaca Mexico Submitted by Chelsie Lammers Category: Student/Resident Description: “We were shopping in a market when I spotted this woman waiting for the rest of her family with her “turkey in a bag” at her feet.”
Title: "O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?" Location: The Louvre in Paris, France Submitted by Michael Sather Category: Student/Resident Description: “Outside the Musée du Louvre in Paris sat this Shakespearean poet who was statuesque. This photo signifies the various arts which are important to French culture. In the background is the Louvre filled with artwork, this individual is dressed as a poet, he is acting on his stage.”
	Title: "Innocence" Location: Managua, Nicaragua Submitted by Shawn Skaife Category: Student/Resident Description: “While waiting for a classmate to finish a survey, I chatted with a few local kids and their parents. The entire family was remarkably humble, and I think this came across well in the photo.”
Title: "Business as Usual" Location: Araku Valley, Andhra Pradesh, India (August, 2004) Submitted by Subhankar Chakraborty Category: Student/Resident Description: “This photograph, taken in the picturesque Araku Valley, shows the women of a tribal village busy in their daily chores (here shown washing clothes and filling drinking water from tube wells). In spite of lack of several basic amenities, these women seemed contented with their peaceful existence.”
	Title: "Tears of Sunshine" Location: Rabat, Morocco Submitted by Susan Basheer Category: Student/Resident Description: “This picture was taken while shopping with a friend in old ‘Medina’ in Morocco (Summer 2005). We noticed the two men and their sad expressions. It seemed that most Moroccans have the expression of sorrow, but deep inside, they do have some happiness (represented by the sunlight shining through).”
Title: "The Merengue" Location: Dominican Republic Submitted by Timothy Royal Category: Student/Resident Description: “This was taken at a local gathering in a small village in the Dominican Republic. My goal by taking it was to try to capture some of the culture and passion for dancing. I failed to do it justice, but it refreshes memories.”
	Title: "Camel Ride" Location: Petra, Jordan Submitted by Oluyemisi Odugbesan Category: Student/Resident Description: “This is me on top of a camel, I thought it was going to be gentler than a horse ride. boy was I wrong. but after doing so much walking to get into the ancient city of Petra, at 6 months pregnant I was ready to ride just about anything.”
Title: "Girl of Managua" Location: Managua, Nicaragua Submitted by Shawn Skaife Category: Student/Resident Description: “Walking through a barrio of Managua, a friend asked this young girl for a photo. I liked the fact that the girl’s expression remained unchanged in front of the camera, despite the presence of camera-toting foreigners.”