1st Place | Photo Title: “Train Tracks”

Art/Communication undergraduate student Temitope Ogunwumi ‘18 of Cumberland, R.I.

Shot in Chicago for a photography class assignment in January 2017 and exploring themes of lines and symmetry in urban architecture. Ogunwumi took the photo for an advanced photography class. “It’s primarily a 35mm class, but my professor knew I liked digital photography as well, so she allowed me to do both,” Ogunwumi relates. “My friends and I usually spend our free time traveling and exploring large cities. We use photography as an outlet to document our adventures. This happened to be my second time visiting Chicago. One night during our stay we decided to explore one of Chicago’s many train stations. After a little while of exploring we wound up stumbling across this area. I was intrigued by the tunnels and the way the tracks intersected one another. I quickly set my tripod up and took a couple photos before leaving.”

2nd Place | Photo Title: “Deepstaria Medusa“

Oceanography master’s
student Megan Lubetkin ‘19 of Cape Elizabeth,
Maine.

A photograph
of a Deepstaria enigmatica jellyfish taken
by a Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
MISO time-lapse camera system mounted
on Remote Operated Vehicle Hercules during
an Exploration Vessel Nautilus expedition in
November 2017. The dive was part of thesis
research into the deep-sea slopes of the
Barcena underwater volcano, which lies in a
Mexican marine national park and UNESCO
World Heritage Site, the Revillagigedo
Archipelago. “After completing my master’s, I
hope to further pursue ocean exploration and
applied research,” Lubetkin said.

3rd Place | Photo Title: “Afternoon Tea“

Marine Affairs Ph.D. student
Jessica Vandenberg ‘20 of Huntington Beach, Calif.

A photograph of an Indonesian
jungle guide making tea for clients in the Malino
Highlands, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, in July 2017.
Vandenberg, who is co-advised by Associate Professor
Carlos Garcia-Quijano and Assistant Professor Amelia
Moore, has been doing dissertation fieldwork that
mainly concentrates on small islands in the Spermonde
archipelago; this photo was taken on a side trip to
mainland Sulawesi to observe hill communities and
their relationship to tourism and development. After
graduation, Vandenberg “would like to remain in
development and conservation in Indonesia, either
working for an IGO, NGO, or in academia.”

Honorable Mention | Photo Title: “The Bay is Supposed to Be Frozen By Now”

CELS Natural
Resources Science Professor Yeqiao Wang

A photo of a mother polar
bear and her two cubs standing on the shores of Hudson Bay
in the Arctic Ocean October 21, 2016. After a lean summer,
the bears were waiting for ice to form so they could go out
and hunt for their primary food source, ringed seals.

Honorable Mention | Photo Title: “Ghost”

Master’s candidate
Charlie Scott, who’s in the College Student Personnel track in
Human Development and Family Studies

A photo
of juniper berries taken in early January, 2018, at Canyon Del
Muerto on the Navajo Nation reservation in Arizona as part
of a study of aesthetics through an indigenous lens. The
berries may be dried to form “ghost beads,” providing peace,
protection and good fortune to the wearer.

Honorable Mention | Photo Title: “Security Guard”

Wildlife Conservation
Biology/Film and Media undergraduate student Noah Rivard

A photo of a guard behind his desk,
separated from the viewer by glass, taken during a August
2017 URI Photography Club-sponsored trip to Boston, Mass.