Erasmus Photography Competition
The following photos were taken by Erasmus and Study Abroad students visiting Sheffield in the 2012 Autumn semester. The photos fall into three categories: The UK; Sheffield; The Erasmus Experience.
To see the original shortlisted entries please visit our Flickr Slideshow.
Overall Winner
"Look Left"(Birmingham), a very helpful information, for the foreigners like me, who after 2 months, look always to the wrong side. (Capucine Vial)
Category: Erasmus Experience
Winner: Peak District (outspread arms). I tried to capture the feeling of freedom that studying abroad awakens in you; seeing new horizons and trying to embrace all the amazing possibilities at once. (Andrea Sverepova)
Runner up: Bonfire. This is a photo of the Don Valley bonfire on the fifth of November. The sparks on the left hand side of the bonfire come from the firecrackers used to light the fire. This was my first bonfire night celebration, which makes it a very special memory. (Charlotte Jost)
Category: The United Kingdom
Winner: Carrots. When I came to Sheffield I was desperate to try British products. After a visit to Tesco, I bought the carrots you see. I was really proud of my acquisition, and I decided that I was going to upload the picture as the main picture in my Facebook. I think that the flag printed in the bag confirms what I learned about the people from the UK: that they try to buy British products as much as they can. I love this kind of patriotism. (Josep Gardell Julia)
Runner Up: Peak District Valley. Back home, when my classmates think “UK”, most of them think “red double-decker buses and phone boxes, Big Ben; and the Queen”. They don’t know you can simply spend a whole day breathing some fresh air and getting your mind open to beauty. (Inês Monteiro)
Category: Sheffield
Winner: Tram lines and bus lanes. Since I arrived, this area around Commercial Street Bridge has been the best representation to me of what I see in Sheffield: the fusion of old and new, the fastness of Sheffield’s evolution in the past and this iron boundary (the Bridge) that however links the Northern part of Sheffield and its City Centre. (Inês Monteiro)
Runner up: At the beginning of the year, I was going to the ELTC to my English class but I arrived thirty minutes earlier. With nothing to do, I decided to walk through this area of the city between the Upperthorpe and Shalesmoor tram stop. I was used to the main British buildings of Sheffield, but I had not seen anything related to the Industrial England yet. I found myself quite impressed when those red-brick fabrics were totally destroyed, from the outside, but even in a worst state from the inside. All the streets near that seemed the same, horrible factories where no one works, just buildings through which I realised that England is not just London and Big Ben but a Post-industrial country with two different faces. (Cristian Tugues Rodriguez)