Grand Prize Winner

First Prize Winner
Student/Resident

Title: The apple of an eye
Location: A small village in the mountains of Nepal
Submitted by Marc Tompkins
Category: Student/Resident

Description:
"This little boy's face just reached out and grabbed me as he was so intent on watching me as he ate his apple."

First Prize Winner
Faculty/Staff

Title: Masai Mother and Child
Location: Tanzania
Submitted by Betsy Buschkemper

Description:
"The Masai don't seem to mind, or even notice the flies that swarm around their dung plastered homes. The tribes traditional culture and livelihood centers around their cattle but recent droughts have decimated the herds. Scarce water supplies make hygiene and sanitation difficult. Malnutrition and infectious disease are the leading killers."

Title: Colabre con el Tango
Location: Buenos Aires
Submitted by Bud Shaw

Description:
"A street scene in the harbor area of Argentina's capitol city. The Tango remains alive and well in B.A. This man is seeking your support!"

Title: Pediatric Auscultation
Location: Home for Girls - outside of Falmouth, Jamaica
Submitted by Christopher Valentine

Description:
"This photo was taken in March, 1997 at a home for orphaned/neglected/abused girls. The girls were excited to take turns listening to each others' hearts. As a first-year medical student, this was also the first time I heard a heart murmur (in another girl). These kids were polite and well-behaved, and what I remember the most was how excited they were with the simple packets of toiletries we brought them from Girls, Inc."

Title: Bocadillos with a Mona Lisa Smile
Location: Havana, Cuba
Submitted by Bud Shaw

Description:
"Her expression was unwavering through half a dozen frames. I can't help but wonder what she was thinking. I've never regretted more my lack of attention in Spanish class."

Title: Requiem por un Gitano
Location: just outside of León, Spain
Submitted by Christopher Valentine

Description:
"This photo was taken in the summer of 1992 after this man, a gitano (gypsy) approached us and insisted that we (missionaries) stop to see his home--a shack and a van on the city limits of León, Spain--and take a picture of him so "my children will remember me after I die." I took pictures of his family and he began to sing and shake the chains on the back of his van and became very emotional."