Photo Contest Spring 2020
Congratulations to the winners of our first UCI International Photo Competition. The Office of Global Engagement, the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, and the Study Abroad Center are honored to share with you the inspiring winning photographs.
UCI domestic and international students and alumni contributed photos taken outside their home countries, to share their experiences. The photos express their unique perspectives in five categories: People, Culture, Daily Life, COVID-19, and the World is Your Classroom.
Now you can share in their experiences by seeing the world from a range of different and valuable viewpoints. Please take this opportunity to explore the photos and gain insight into the experiences available through studying and living while immersed in another culture.
UCI Alumni
Category: COVID-19
1st Place: Jeff Lee, ’13, Rome, Italy
2nd Place: Lilla Lavanakul, ’19, France
3rd Place: Maria Mandanas, ’19, Venice, Italy
Category: Culture
1st Place: Clair Mansour, ’17, Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France
2nd Place: Dordaneh Ashouriha, ’18, Vatican City
3rd Place: Dordaneh-Ashorihal, ’18, Murano, Italy
Category: Daily Life
1st Place: Dordaneh Ashouriha, ’18, Venice, Italy
2nd Place: Marina Krivonossova, ’19, Lisse, Netherlands
3rd Place: Autumn Monteforte ’14, Galway, Ireland; The Claddagh
Category: People
1st Place: Jose Ramos, ’14, Sahara Desert, Morocco
2nd Place: Clair Mansour, ’17, Cairo, Egypt
3rd Place: Skylar Hanson, ’14, Denpasar, Bali
Category: World is a Classroom
1st Place: Clair Mansour, ’17, Museum D’Orsay, Paris, France
2nd Place: Marina Krivonossova ’19, Marrakech, Morocco
3rd Place: Sharon Ho, ’19, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Students
Category: COVID-19
1st Place: Eduard Gavril, ’20, UCI, Irvine, CA
2nd Place: Tongtong Zhao, ’20, UCI, Irvine, CA
Category: Culture
1st Place: Yingxuan Ma, ’23, Newport Beach, CA
2nd Place: Eduard Gavril, ’20, Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Category: Daily Life
1st Place: Yingxuan Ma, ’23, Newport Beach, CA
2nd Place: Eduard Gavril, ’20, Laguna Beach, CA
3rd Place: Yingxuan Ma, ’23, Huntington Beach, CA
Students Study Abroad
Category: COVID-19
1st Place: Franchesca Leung, ’21, Central Station in Sydney, Australia
2nd Place: Derek Feng, ’20, Edinburgh, Scotland
3rd Place: Melissa Vasquez, ’20, Paris, France
Category: Culture
1st Place: Helay Liang, ’20, Cape Town, South Africa
2nd Place: Shiyu Liu, ’20, Qinghai, Gansu Province, China
3rd Place: Courtney Man, ’20, Kyoto, Japan
Category: Daily Life
1st Place: Khoa Tran, ’22, Shinjuku Japan
2nd Place: Leila Awad, ’20, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon
3rd Place: Tongtong Zhao, ’20, Paris, France
Category: People
1st Place: Khanh Nguyen, ’23, Saigon, Vietnam
2nd Place:Leila Awad, ’20, Beirut, Lebanon
3rd Place: Veronica Gonzalez, ’20, Beirut, La Pacanda, Michoacan, Mexico
Category: World is a Classroom
1st Place: Claire Chaisson, ’20, Titlis, Switzerland
2nd Place: Melissa Martens, ’20, Heron Island, Australia
3rd Place: Vishuddhi Jayawickrema, ’22, Sri Lanka