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ach year, UF’s International Center and the Transnational and Global Studies Center sponsor the Global Culture Photography Competition for UF students, alumni, faculty and staff. Photographs depicting a variety of cultures are submitted from around the globe, with cash awards given to the first, second and third place winners in each catagory. These photographs represent a selection of contest winners from recent years. To learn how to enter the contest or view more past winners, visit www.tgsc.ufl.edu.
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Clockwise from top left: Eric Staufer’s (BSESS ’01, MESS ’04) photograph, “Rich With Tradition, Two Soldiers Guard the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers,” features Evzones guards in Athens, Greece; “Church in Salzkammergut Lake Region, Salzburg, Austria,” was taken by UF staff member Glenn Kepic; “The Dory” by Sarah Kiewel (BSJ ’05) shows a Garifuna fisherman’s feet as he sits in a boat carved by the people of his village in Belize; “A Quiet Moment” was captured by Tammy Marinuzzi (MFA ’05); “Day of Bible,” taken by Liza Shurik (BA ’05, BSJ ’05), shows 8-year-old Salarud Jote-Perez participating in Jinotepe, Nicaragua’s celebration of the 435th anniversary of the Bible’s translation into Spanish. Previous pages, from left: In “Freshening Up” by David Zentz (MAMC ’05), a Nicaraguan man bathes in a stream outside the city of Jinotepe; “Garifuna Youths Fade” by Jason Matthew Walker (BSJ ’05) features 12-year-old Collin Castillo, a child living in the fishing village of Seine Bight, Belize, where the Garifuna tradition is strongly preserved; “Inner Reflection” was taken by Jennifer Stoddard (BA ’05).
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Above, “Silent Struggles” by Katie Reid (BSJ ’04) depicts a Nicaraguan mother who cannot afford medicine to treat her son’s bone cancer. At right, “The Entertainers” was captured by Mary Wood (BS ’06) during an evening in Rome’s Campo De’Fiori piazza. Below, “Casava Bread Baker” by Valerie Payne (BA ’06) features logs of dough waiting to be baked. Far right: Erica Nelles (MARCH ’05) found this “Ladder to Nowhere” resting against the walls of a cemetery in the silver mining town of Guanajuato, Mexico.
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