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3rd place: Marine Affairs Ph.D. student Jessica Vandenberg ‘20 of Huntington Beach, Calif., for “Afternoon Tea,” 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: CELS Natural Resources Science Professor Yeqiao Wang for “The Bay is Supposed to Be Frozen By Now,” 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: Master’s candidate Charlie Scott, who’s in the College Student Personnel track in Human Development and Family Studies, for “Ghost,” 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: Wildlife Conservation Biology/Film and Media undergraduate student Noah Rivard for “Security Guard,” 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.

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