The photo was taken at a ping pong table that anyone can use outside of a store. Being adventurous and doing different activities with friends is a great way for people to get out. With phones and social media people can be secluded from the world and often spend less time talking and more time texting. Interaction is a very important part of life and a great way to do that is by playing games. Whether they're card games, sports, or other competitions it creates a diverse and exciting environment. It encourages people to work together and communicate more. Playing real games together allows people to participate more fully in life than they can playing pool or other games on their phones.
Friends and Champions
The photo was taken at a ping pong table that anyone can use outside of a store. Being adventurous and doing different activities with friends is a great way for people to get out. With phones and social media people can be secluded from the world and often spend less time talking and more time texting. Interaction is a very important part of life and a great way to do that is by playing games. Whether they're card games, sports, or other competitions it creates a diverse and exciting environment. It encourages people to work together and communicate more. Playing real games together allows people to participate more fully in life than they can playing pool or other games on their phones.
Chinese New Years Street Fair, San Francisco.
I like exploring street photography. I was wandering around the streets of Chinatown trying to find the perfect photo that shows emotion and what Chinese New Years is all about for the friends and families that return each year to their old neighborhood to celebrate together. When I saw these two girls giggling and blowing bubbles in the street, I knew this captured the feeling I wanted to show of participating in the neighborhood celebration.
Friends and Neighbors Celebrating
Chinese New Years Street Fair, San Francisco.
I like exploring street photography. I was wandering around the streets of Chinatown trying to find the perfect photo that shows emotion and what Chinese New Years is all about for the friends and families that return each year to their old neighborhood to celebrate together. When I saw these two girls giggling and blowing bubbles in the street, I knew this captured the feeling I wanted to show of participating in the neighborhood celebration.
This photo relates to the theme of "participate" as it has two people working together to push a larger version of a rubik's cube and taking part in it together.
Friends Rubik
This photo relates to the theme of "participate" as it has two people working together to push a larger version of a rubik's cube and taking part in it together.
I took this photo of my parents and my brother playing Jenga. The reason this photo stood out to me is because it's not often that my family and I are all in the same place or even the same room. We are all engaged in a match of Jenga which can be very competitive but also very nerve racking. Nobody is trying to knock down the tower. Being able to compete against my own family isn't an opportunity that presents itself very often, but when it does, everyone brings their A-Game. Both my parents work multiple jobs, and often they don't have too much free time to spend with my siblings and me. Vacations are a chance for my family to enjoy each others company, and I value that deeply.
Fun In Big Bear
I took this photo of my parents and my brother playing Jenga. The reason this photo stood out to me is because it's not often that my family and I are all in the same place or even the same room. We are all engaged in a match of Jenga which can be very competitive but also very nerve racking. Nobody is trying to knock down the tower. Being able to compete against my own family isn't an opportunity that presents itself very often, but when it does, everyone brings their A-Game. Both my parents work multiple jobs, and often they don't have too much free time to spend with my siblings and me. Vacations are a chance for my family to enjoy each others company, and I value that deeply.
This photo was taken at Dodge Ridge Ski Resort, on a run called Bone Yard. I wanted to show that participate can not only mean spending time with other people, it can be simply getting up off your couch and having a day outside. Take part in something out of your comfort zone, see where it gets you. You may end up actually liking it.
Fun on the Slopes
This photo was taken at Dodge Ridge Ski Resort, on a run called Bone Yard. I wanted to show that participate can not only mean spending time with other people, it can be simply getting up off your couch and having a day outside. Take part in something out of your comfort zone, see where it gets you. You may end up actually liking it.
Future
Riley T
Student
Los Angeles
2019
Honorable Mention
My mom and father frequently converse with us about college or our future. My sister and I constantly feel the pressure to participate. Often times, it feels more like an interrogation than a conversation. The pressure to think about my future is overwhelming. In my family, there is a need to participate in school activities or anything that will prepare me for college.
Future
My mom and father frequently converse with us about college or our future. My sister and I constantly feel the pressure to participate. Often times, it feels more like an interrogation than a conversation. The pressure to think about my future is overwhelming. In my family, there is a need to participate in school activities or anything that will prepare me for college.
I took this photo at my old elementary school in my mother's garden class. It shows the students pressing down the seeds they just planted. This photo shows much more than participation; it gives us hope that the younger generation is going to respect nature and know where their food comes from. It shows them getting down on their little hands and feet and actually putting their hands in the dirt. They're experiencing something they may have never done in their life. They're doing something that benefits not only themselves but the world around them. Overall they're not just participating they are doing much more than participating.
Garden Day
I took this photo at my old elementary school in my mother's garden class. It shows the students pressing down the seeds they just planted. This photo shows much more than participation; it gives us hope that the younger generation is going to respect nature and know where their food comes from. It shows them getting down on their little hands and feet and actually putting their hands in the dirt. They're experiencing something they may have never done in their life. They're doing something that benefits not only themselves but the world around them. Overall they're not just participating they are doing much more than participating.
This photo was taken in front of a shopping center after a long day of school. As this photo was getting laid out in front of me I saw the perfect photo to shoot and show how cars were participating in travel and transportation.
Going down the road,
Initiating sleep mode.
Watching the sun go down,
On the way back to town.
It’s getting darker and darker,
The time where nothing seems to be getting harder.
Watching the day go by,
I still get lost in the sky.
Getting Lost in the Sky
This photo was taken in front of a shopping center after a long day of school. As this photo was getting laid out in front of me I saw the perfect photo to shoot and show how cars were participating in travel and transportation.
Going down the road,
Initiating sleep mode.
Watching the sun go down,
On the way back to town.
It’s getting darker and darker,
The time where nothing seems to be getting harder.
Watching the day go by,
I still get lost in the sky.
After school, our school's swim team meets at the swim deck to do two hours of continuous swimming. Some find swimming and sports as a escape from stress. Some might see competitive swimming as the fastest someone can move their arms and the biggest waves they can make. However, on the contrary, the way to win is behind the technique. Like they say, slow and steady wins the race.
Gliding Through Water
After school, our school's swim team meets at the swim deck to do two hours of continuous swimming. Some find swimming and sports as a escape from stress. Some might see competitive swimming as the fastest someone can move their arms and the biggest waves they can make. However, on the contrary, the way to win is behind the technique. Like they say, slow and steady wins the race.
God
Erin R
Student
San Diego
2019
Honorable Mention
It was a Tuesday night, and I was at my weekly youth group. We were worshiping God, and I thought in my mind what a beautiful picture this would be. I grabbed my phone out of my back pocket and took the picture. I loved the picture because I loved the song they were singing.
This picture corresponds to participate because the people in the picture are participating in worshiping God. If you really think about it everybody is always participating, because if you're walking you are participating in God’s land. So worshiping my Lord is participating.
God
It was a Tuesday night, and I was at my weekly youth group. We were worshiping God, and I thought in my mind what a beautiful picture this would be. I grabbed my phone out of my back pocket and took the picture. I loved the picture because I loved the song they were singing.
This picture corresponds to participate because the people in the picture are participating in worshiping God. If you really think about it everybody is always participating, because if you're walking you are participating in God’s land. So worshiping my Lord is participating.
In our family room, we have a pretty chandelier so I took a picture of it from an angle and got a beautiful golden chandelier in a perfect picture. This chandelier lights the room and enables my family to participate together, spend time together under one shared light that participates with all of us.
Golden Chandelier
In our family room, we have a pretty chandelier so I took a picture of it from an angle and got a beautiful golden chandelier in a perfect picture. This chandelier lights the room and enables my family to participate together, spend time together under one shared light that participates with all of us.
Three old friends greeting each other at the Pow Wow. Pow Wow is a chance for all generations and nations of tribes to participate in days of enjoying each other and competitions. For me to see these to old friends still participating in the continuation of their culture was amazing.
Golden Old Friends
Three old friends greeting each other at the Pow Wow. Pow Wow is a chance for all generations and nations of tribes to participate in days of enjoying each other and competitions. For me to see these to old friends still participating in the continuation of their culture was amazing.