25th Annual Gimse Photo Contest — 2008
This photo contest showcases the photos of students who have studied abroad. The photos are judged by students, faculty and staff on cross-cultural content. This year, there were 618 submissions, five of which were mine. Of these submissions, only 30 made it into the show and there were three Best of Show and four Honorable Mentions. Results:
Left: “Music and Dance at Pótkulcs” — Budapest, Hungary (won Best of Show).
This is a photo of my favorite bar in Budapest. Every Tuesday night they had traditional Hungarian folk music, so many of us on the Budapest Semesters in Mathematics program would go to this bar to hang out and listen to music. Many times Hungarians would get up and start dancing. This photo captures the movement of the music and dance that happened frequently at Pótkulcs.
Right: “Protest near Taksim” — Istanbul, Turkey (in show)
While a friend of mine and I were in Istanbul, there was a large protest of over 100,000 people. This was a smaller group, but still, it was difficult to walk down the street with so many protesters, so we stopped on a side street and snapped a few pictures, including this one.
