{"id":36066,"date":"2023-05-04T17:40:16","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T21:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=36066"},"modified":"2023-05-04T17:41:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T21:41:13","slug":"com-student-wins-peoples-choice-photo-at-global-programs-contest","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/articles\/com-student-wins-peoples-choice-photo-at-global-programs-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"COM student wins People\u2019s Choice photo at Global Programs contest"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin bu-blocks-block-editorial-leadin is-style-side-by-side has-media has-wider has-box has-media-focus-center-middle has-bucom-black-theme\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"\/com\/files\/2023\/04\/bill-yao-canada-stargazer.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2023\/04\/bill-yao-canada-stargazer.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2023\/04\/bill-yao-canada-stargazer-424x636.jpg 424w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2023\/04\/bill-yao-canada-stargazer-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2023\/04\/bill-yao-canada-stargazer-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2023\/04\/bill-yao-canada-stargazer-667x1000.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCOM student wins People\u2019s Choice photo at Global Programs contest\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-categories\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/category\/honors\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHonors\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">May 4, 2023<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/authors\/madison-mercado\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMadison Mercado\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div style=\"display:none;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-share-tools\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-share-tools-inner js-prepress-component-share-tools\">\n\t\t<h4>Share<\/h4>\n\t\t<p class=\"wp-prepress-component-share-tools-article-title\">COM student wins People\u2019s Choice photo at Global Programs contest<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-share-tools-article-link\">\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" value=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/articles\/com-student-wins-peoples-choice-photo-at-global-programs-contest\/\" readonly>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<label>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Copy URL:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"js-prepress-component-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Copy<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/label>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p>Bill Yao (COM &#8217;24) took home the award for the People\u2019s Choice category in Boston University\u2019s 11th annual Global Programs Photo Contest with a stunning photo of the starry night sky at Lake O\u2019Hara in the Canadian Rockies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yao\u2019s photo titled \u201cStargazing\u201d wowed the voters, with 485 votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photography has always been a passion for Yao since he was in middle school, encouraged by his late grandfather, who took pictures of the best views across China, Yao says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The photo came from a trip that had been on his bucket list for three years, and it was one of the most physically demanding hikes Yao has ever done at 30 kilometers of varying elevations. He went with his mentor, Cath Simard, an ambassador for Sony and a contributor for National Geographic, who sits in the bottom third of the winning photo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI spent months in the Canadian Rockies learning from her about not just photography, but also the creative industry and life as a whole. None of what I do would be possible without her guidance. She is like a big sister to me,\u201d Yao says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He and Simard, who he has gone with on multiple hiking trips to shoot photos since high school, spent 14 hours to complete the hike. Since the photo was taken, the National Park has opened the trail to vehicles, but Yao is glad he got to do the whole trip on foot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFulfillment in photography for me comes from not just the end result, but also the work involved in getting there,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Advertising professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/profile\/brooks-beisch\/\">Brooks Beisch<\/a> encouraged Yao to enter another contest earlier this semester. This was the first contest he had entered since high school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBill\u2019s photos are both technically precise with nice attention to detail, complexity in the shadows and nuances in the coloration of the lit-up skies,\u201d Beisch says. \u201cI have worked with many award-winning photographers in the past, and I would rank Bill\u2019s work among the best of the best.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yao decided to enter the Global Programs contest after his success in Communications Arts Photography Annual, where his photos will be featured in their upcoming magazine. He added that he\u2019s happy that his work will be shared to people he cannot reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSomething that has a lot of meaning to me is being able to share my work,\u201d Yao says. \u201cI want my photographs to inspire people to go outside of their comfort zone to places that they&#8217;ve never been, and connect\/learn from the vast different cultures around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COM students Tianyao Zhang, Eliza Nuestro, and Paige Kahn and COM staff member Tristan Olly were also honored as finalists in the contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photos from 294 students and staff across campus entered the contest, submitting photos taken in more than 80 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay wp-block-photoessay js-block-editorial-photoessay test-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-fourths-2-2\">\n<div class=\"photo-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"\/com\/files\/2023\/05\/eliza-nuestro-phillipines-vendor.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2023\/05\/eliza-nuestro-phillipines-vendor.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2023\/05\/eliza-nuestro-phillipines-vendor-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Photo by Eliza Neustro.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" src=\"\/com\/files\/2023\/05\/tianyao-zhang-mexico-newspaper.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2023\/05\/tianyao-zhang-mexico-newspaper.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2023\/05\/tianyao-zhang-mexico-newspaper-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Photo by Tianyao Zhang.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay wp-block-photoessay js-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-fourths-2-2\">\n<div class=\"photo-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" src=\"\/com\/files\/2023\/05\/tristan-olly-slovenia-rain.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2023\/05\/tristan-olly-slovenia-rain.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2023\/05\/tristan-olly-slovenia-rain-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Photo by Tristan Olly.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" 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