IGES Photographic Competition 2009 Winners

 Best Photograph Overall


Thomas Glithero - BSc Geography (New Zealand, North Island). Category - Capturing your fieldtrip Experience.

Taken at the top of Mount Tongariro, height 1,978 m, with Ngauruhoe in the background. The contrast between the group in the foreground and the rugged landscape captures many aspects of the fieldtrip, from the sheer beauty of the landscape we found ourselves in to the effort required to achieve our goals (in this case, the top of the mountain).

  Best Photograph Of Individual or Group Activities

 

JOINT WINNER - Elzbieta Kruger - BA Human Geography with International Politics (New York).

This photograph presents an enthusiastic geographer running through Central Park - happy, smiling, active and equipped with her research tools - clipboard, notepad, pen and camera.

JOINT WINNER - Damon Hammond - BSc Environmental Earth Science (North Wales).

This photograph shows three first year Environmental Earth Science students closely studying the geology of rouche moutonee outcrop in Cwm Idwal, Snowdonia.

  Best Photograph that Captures the Spirit of the Place

 

Chris Frisby - BSc Physical Geography (Ireland).


Taken from the Mangerton Mountain looking north accross Lough Leane and north to the Dingle Peninsular. It encapsulates many aspects seen in the Killarney area. The wildness of the mountains can be seen in the dead trees in the foreground and the rugged mountains on the horizon, while the Lough represents the tranquility and peacefulness of the lowlands. You can also see the very changeable weather conditions that can be experienced in this area.

 Best Photograph that captures Geography and Earth Sciences as you see it.

JOINT WINNER - Elizabeth Boswell - BSc Environmental Earth Science (Cornwall).

This photograph was taken at Geevor tin mine in Avarack, Cape Cornwall. In the foreground you can see students studying pillow lava. In the distance you can see the colourful staining produced from weathered old spoil heaps and rocks, and the ruins of an old processing kiln.                                                                                           

JOINT WINNER - Hannah Shepherd - BSc Geography (New Zealand, North Island)

This photograph was taken at a Maori village called Tewhakarewarewatangaoteopetauaawahiao, (or Whakarewarewa for short!), and shows the sulphur being emitted from below the village. Geography to me represents the study of the complex relationships between the human and physical environments. This village seemed the most extreme and relevant depiction of this relationship, as the people were not only living on, but embracing the geothermal activity in their area. They challenged the concepts I had of where is safe to live, and actually showed that with respect and understanding it is possible to live and use the most unusual geography that the World offers.

Highly Commended Photographs

Chris Frisby - BSc Physical Geography (Ireland).Category - Individual and Group Activities.

The photograph shows a small group of geography students studying the characteristics of rock on the side of Mangerton mountain.  This is one of 45 samples taken over the final two days of our fieldtrip.


Alan Smith – BSc Geography (Crete). Category – Geography and Earth Sciences as you see it.

This is a photograph looking inland at the base of the Aradena Gorge. The narrow wooden/metal bridge across the gorge was the route the coach took before we descended on foot to the gorge floor. From the bottom the striking narrow base and vertical sides give perspective to the power of erosional processes that have acted on the gorge.

 Michael Pawelkowicz – BA Human Geography with Business and Management (New York). Category – Spirit of the Place.

Yellow taxi cabs are certainly a symbol of New York City. They are part of Manhattan’s landscape even though they are constantly on the move, they are somehow bound to the city’s physical structure.

 

Elzbieta Kruger – BA Human Geography with International Politics (New York). Category – Spririt of the Place.

Here, we can see Ground Zero, where steel, glass and stone are creating not only the landscape of power, but that the United States of America can overcome all obstacles.