Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s Off-Campus Studies Photo Contest — we received over 280 submissions! From these, a panel of faculty & staff judges selected the Top 25. The Carleton community is currently voting for the People’s Choice Award, and all finalists will be celebrated at an end-of-term reception on May 16th.

Thank you to this year’s judges: Eleanor Jensen (Lecturer in Art), Andy Thompson (Print Services Coordinator), Dina Zavala (Vice President for Inclusion, Equity, and Community), and Deya Ortiz (Assistant to the Vice President for Inclusion, Equity and Community). Thanks also to the category award sponsors/judges: Gould Library (Libraries of the World), the Division of Communications (Carls Off-Campus), The Gender and Sexuality Center (Pride around the World), The Rec (Sports of the World), ResLife (Home away from Home), and Off-Campus Studies (Foods of the World).

Congratulations to this year’s category winners: 

  • People’s Choice: “Aslan’s Kingdom” – Oliver Tullio ’24
  • People: “The Women of Rasniri, Romania” by Mia Strubel Iram ’25
  • Place: “Scottish Sheep” – Aaron Rice ’25
  • Story: “Smell the Flowers” – Leo Jordan ’24
  • Foods of the World: “Your Pick” by Joanne Chung ’26
  • Libraries of the World: “Let It All In” by Annanya Sinha ’25
  • Carls Off-Campus: “Smooch” by Allison Penn ’25
  • Sports of the World: “Sunset Cricket” by Margaret Hall ’25
  • Pride Around the World: “Trans in Kolkata: Pride Isn’t Always a Rainbow” by Annanya Sinha ’25
  • Home away from Home: “A Room with a View“ by Ella Cunningham ’24
A line of students walking up a foggy outdoor stairway surrounded by statues
"Daishō-in" - Kaori Hirano '25
A group of people in a food market at a guava stall
"Gather for Guavas" - Joanne Chung '26
A crowd celebrating La Merce, with sparks flying everywhere
"La Mercè" - Isaac Smalley '25
A lioness sleeping in a tree
"Lion Around" - Halia Buchal '25
A man with an umbrella walking down a London street
"The Englishman" - Georgie Walker '25
A worn-down stone bridge over a river
"Bridge over Peaceful Waters" - Charlie Solomon '25
Three students sit on a ledge overlooking a city
"Carls in Chefchaouen" - Catherine Bregou '25
A student juggling
"Juggling Life" - Ava McQuain '27
A group of students sitting at a table full of Korean cuisine
"The Last Korean Supper" - Abby Quade '25
Sheep in a Scottish field
"Scottish Sheep" - Aaron Rice '25
A circle of women having a meeting
"The Meeting" - Theo Bester '26
A student leaning back from the mast of a ship
"At the Bow" - Susanna Kisker '24
A student on a rainbow-painted street
"Rainbow Street" - Selma Vangstein '25
A woman baking Tandoor Lepeshka bread
"Tandoor Lepeshka" - Orion Fisher '25
A lion overlooking a savannah
"Aslan's Kingdom" - Oliver Tullio '24
A man walking on a brightly-decorated bridge
"Suspension Bridge" - Natalie Lang-Ree '25
A grey cat staring at the viewer from a window ledge
"La Pompa" - Natalie Bax '24
Four old women on a bench
"The Women of Rasinari, Romania" - Mia Strubel Iram '25
Kids running down a street with a kite
"Flying Kites" - Margaret Hall '25
A spiralling cave mouth in snow
"Patagonian Ice Cave" - Liza Swanson '25
A wall covered in money from different countries
"Currencies around the world" - Lettu Konshie '24
A woman riding a bicycle in a street
"Chiang Mai" - Leo Jordan '24
A monk smelling flowers
"Smell the Flowers" - Leo Jordan '24
A small cabin nestled in a mountainside
"Home in the Mountains" - Katharine Tilson '25
A crowd of people standing in a rainbow-lit room
"Rainbow Room" - Kaori Hirano '25