Photos taken by Carleton students over the years, along with a brief memory from their time abroad.
We encountered this shepherd with his dog and flock. Everything was just as it’s been for centuries…until he sat for a break and chatted on his cell phone. I imagine he had good reception up there! Geology in Italy Seminar, Sibilini Mountains, Central Italy (Fall ’07)
Photo by Maija Sipola ’09
Prior Park is an 18th century landscape garden designed by poet Alexander Pope. The bridge is one of the only four ornamental Palladian bridges in the world. English Theater and Literature in London, Bath, England (Spring ’08).
Photo by Maureen Burns
A student rests in the grass after a long, mountainous hike through Tongariro National Park, New Zealand. Studio Art Seminar In New Zealand & Australia (Winter ’07).
Photo by Mimi Rojanasakul
My study abroad experience in 2011 had a lasting impact on me. I studied Studio Art with Professor Fred Hagstrom in the Cook Islands, New Zealand, and Australia. On that trip I painted some of the most beautiful places on the planet and grew to care deeply about the history of that area and the voices of the people who called the land home before white colonization. I’ll never forget the feeling of sleeping under the stars and waking to the laughter of kookaburras in the Australian bush, swimming with turtles and manta rays on the Great Barrier Reef, or ascending into the clouds on a cross-volcano hike. Studio Art in the South Pacific (Winter ’11).
Photo by Jolene Walter Hamilton
An Akha Elder
An old woman with a traditional Akha headdress watches as we pass her. Despite her age, she stands proudly, the numerous silver bulbs on her headdress not weighing her down at all. According to our translator, Phraeo, the more silver you are wearing, the greater your prestige in the village is. Although other villagers wear traditional leg warmers and various styles of jewelry but the woman in the photo is the only one I have seen in the village observing this particular tradition. Mae Fa Luang District, Thailand. Political Economy And Ecology Of Southeast Asia (Winter ’20).
Photo by Theresa Chen ’22.
Carleton CAMS New Media in New York and Europe. Caitlin Magnusson (’09) takes a picture of a bubble in Oxford, England. New Media in New York City and Europe (Fall ’06).
Photo by Jenny Oyallon-Koloski
Père Lachaise Cemetery. French Studies in Paris (Spring ’06).
Photo by Kjerstin Johnson
This man lives in Kashgar, home to the Uyghurs, a Muslim people of Central Asian descent. Political Economy Seminar in Beijing (Spring ’06).
Photo by Colin McLain
This is an archway on the roof of Sacré Coeur, midday in May 2005. All the writing is scratched into the stone. French Studies in Paris (Spring ’05).
Photo by John Choiniere
The trip was, of course, magical. Every day Dale sent us off with a visual treasure hunt to solve, every day I came back not having figured it out. “You look, but you just don’t SEE!” He’d tell us again and again. The trip was a perfect combination of staying in one place, traveling everywhere (so many islands! And a furtive afternoon foray into Turkey!), museums, lectures, and copious free time to wander and explore. I had been imagining myself in Greece since I was eleven; the trip was everything I had hoped and so much more. Every half decade I leaf through the sketchbook I kept, grateful that it was a time when I still drew everything rather than took photographs. Art History in Greece (Fall ’87).
Photo by Amy Taylor Rhyneer
As we learned our way around Paris in the spring of 2011, comparing culture, politics, and economics to Geneva and other places in Europe, as is appropriate for a truly integrated experience, we also found plenty of time to fully explore the boulangeries both near and far, to spend time in the Jardins discussing our school work, our experiences, and our many other joys, and generally to soak in the differences beyond what could ever be presented in textbooks. French Studies in Paris (Spring ’11)
Photo by Katie France
Big Island, Hawaii, December 2005. This photograph captures the lush side of the island just by concentrating on only a very small part of a plant. Photography in Hawaii (Winter Break ’05).
Photo by Percy So
My neighborhood in Bamako, in front of my host family’s house, January 2006. My host sister, “Mami”, awaiting her braids before the Muslim holiday of Tabaski.Francophone Studies Seminar in Mali (Winter ’06).
Photo by Amanda Dowell
Moscow, 2005. Space Monument at the All-Russia Exhibition Center. Russia still takes great pride in its achievements in space – this is something to latch onto when other spheres of life don’t offer much to be proud of. Russian Seminar in Moscow (Spring ’05).
Photo by Jenny Holm
Maastricht, the Netherlands: Two boys relaxing on top of the old city wall. Political Science Seminar in Maastricht (Spring ’05).
Photo by Jasmine Hutchinson
My Theater Off-Campus Study was an unforgettable three months full of tragedies, comedies, parlor mysteries, drunken fools, ruined castles, and unrequited love. And all of that was off-stage! In short, it was one of the best times of my life. English Literature and Theater in London (Winter ’03).
Photo by Andrew
I think almost daily about how grateful I am for the opportunities afforded to me by Carleton’s off-campus study program and Spanish department. It was the two in tandem that got me to where I am today: fluent in Spanish, well-versed in Central American culture, and confident in my ability to overcome daunting challenges. Spanish Seminar in Mexico (Winter ’09).
Photo by Ray McGaughey
