Randolph Community College Graduates Win Prizes in N.C. State Photo Exhibit

Two Randolph Community College Photographic Technology graduates won prizes in the "China Through My Eyes" juried photo exhibition at North Carolina State University recently.

On Oct. 1, the Confucius Institute at N.C. State hosted the exhibition at Talley Student Center as part of the celebration of China's 60th Anniversary. RCC Portrait Studio Management graduate K.C. Smith, of Lexington, won first prize in the People & Culture category for her photo titled "Downtown Shanghai." Adam Sikora, a Commercial Photography graduate from Siler City, won second prize in the Landscape category for his photo, "Panoramic Photograph Taken at the Great Wall of China, Beijing."

Smith and Sikora were among the RCC graduates and students who traveled with Photographic Technology instructor John Rash to Nanjing in May on a photo exploration trip. The students worked together with the students at Nanjing Normal University to capture their own impressions of China.

In addition, RCC student and graduate photographs captured in China were on display at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro Autumn Moon Festival event on Oct. 10. The event was a public gathering with talks and presentations on Moon Festival customs and activities, as well as performances of traditional Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean arts (the three East Asian countries that currently celebrate the mid-autumn holiday on the same lunar calendar).