Elizabeth is a currently a junior majoring in Economics and Spanish and concentrating in Latin American Studies.  Her home town is Birmingham, Alabama.  She took this photograph while participating in Furman’s Winter Term program in Chile.  While on a side trip to Buenos Aires she was in the La Boca section of town enjoying a freshly baked empanada.  She glanced up and noticed these two dancers who were performing at another café.  She found this interesting angle and took the picture.  Blake Praytor said this a fine example of the photographer as observer and that the framing of the picture offers layers of consciousness.  Elizabeth, he said, had a fresh take on a classic theme, the romantic interlude.

Elizabeth used a Pentax Optio 56.

Elizabeth is a junior Economics major from Nashville, Tennessee.  She was in Edinburgh, Scotland as one of our Fall Term interns.  She relates that after pre-internship interviews, several students went for a hike on Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh’s famous landmark.  She walked down to a small lake, turned and there “it” was!  Elizabeth was quick to state that this image was not manipulated.  The inspiration for this shot comes from her mother, an artist herself, who values the quality of light in photographs.

Praytor agreed noting that “there was an elegant use of  light and atmosphere in this photograph” and that it invites the viewer to spend a good deal of time in front of it.

Elizabeth used a Canon Powershot SD600.

Caitlin is a junior Philosophy major from Inverness, Florida.  Caitlin was also one of our Edinburgh interns but this image comes from the end of the program.  She was to fly from London and decided to visit to the British Museum one additional time. That brought her to the Rosetta Stone. But, Caitlin states that she is more interested in the reaction of people to their environments than in the objects they examine.  She grew up around both serious photography and lens.  Her father is an ophthalmologist who maintains a library of great photography.

Praytor said that time was imbedded both in the title and in the reflections of this image.
Thus, the title and the content were fused.

Caitlin used a Lumix DMC LX1.

Katie is a junior Political Science major from Columbia, South Carolina.  She participated in Furman’s Winter Term program in Africa.  This program prides itself in bringing our students into contact with African realities.  Thus, Katie and her peers were in New Ulungu at the Zulu homesteads.  Katie said that she wants to capture people in their immediate situations and that there be contact between the photographer and the subject.

Blake Praytor complimented Katie’s very impressionistic interpretation of light and culture.

Katie used a Canon Powershot SD600.