Over the past academic year, classrooms that were once confined to Foggy Bottom now span the United States and the world. This year, in an effort to share the diversity of locations and communities our students have experienced throughout the past year, we invited Elliott School students to submit original photos that capture the world where you are.
Finalists
View of the Washington Monument from the Lincoln Memorial. 
WWII Memorial at night 
View of Rossyln Virginia. 
Protest against India’s new farming legislation cont. 
Cloudy day in DC 
Aboard a “trajinera” in Xochimilco, Mexico City. July 2021. 
We took a family walk through the Jean Lafitte Wildlife Preserves in New Orleans Louisiana. 
Tiananmen Square is where I will go for walks, similar to the National Mall in D.C. 
This is my favorite rescue horse, Gypsy, at the Happy Horse Haven Rescue in Goldwaithe, Texas. 
Picture of the D.C. Tidal Basin during Cherry Blossom Season. 
The uncertainty and anxiety brought by the pandemic have been hard. Walking has been my source of strength. 
Jakarta: As an international student, on top of the pandemic hardship, immigration restrictions have added unnecessary anxiety. I left for Jakarta in December 2020 to obtain my student visa. The picture is taken from the busy streets of Jakarta. 
This photo was taken on the boardwalk in Duck, the Outer Banks, NC. The images made possible by the fact that classrooms that were once confined to Foggy Bottom now span the United States and the world. 
This photo was taken on the boardwalk in Duck, the Outer Banks, NC. The images made possible by the fact that classrooms that were once confined to Foggy Bottom now span the United States and the world. 
Taken close to my home at Blodgett Canyon in Montana’s beautiful Bitterroot Valley. Blodgett formed when glaciers from the Ice Age era receded, leaving only the 8,500 foot deep canyon behind. 
‘Woljeong-gyo bridge’ in Gyeongju, South Korea which folklore says makes people fall in love. 
I had just come back from a 5-mile conditioning hike on Camp Pendleton and was resting on my pack before the next training evolution. 
The U.S. Capitol during blue hour. 
View of the Washington Monument from the Lincoln Memorial. 
Washington Monument during sunrise 
View from the plane flying back to D.C. from Missouri 
Myself (left) and fellow GW student Jakob Aggers stand in front of an AH-1 Cobra helicopter during Marine Month 2021 for future Marine Corps officers onboard Camp Pendleton, CA. 
View of Memorial Bridge from the Lincoln Memorial 
Spectator view of the Fourth of July fireworks in D.C. 
Anti-Dictatorship protest against the military coup in Burma 
Protest against India’s new farming legislation during early 2021 
Candlelight ceremony for those who lost their lives in the Atlanta Area spa shooting. 
Stop AAIP hate rally in Washington DC, March 16 
Stop AAIP hate rally in Washington DC, March 16 
Stop AAIP hate rally in Washington DC, March 16