Students submit photos of their encounters with monkeys
2022-02-08
(Report by student journalist) National Sun Yat-sen University organized a photography contest “My close encounter with monkeys”, encouraging students to show off photos they took with the monkeys on campus. The contest spurred an enthusiastic response from the students as soon as it was announced. 18 students submitted creative photographs showing monkeys breaking into classrooms, photos of them catching eye contact with the animals or imitating their moves. The winner of the first prize was a sophomore of the Department of Photonics, Yuan-Jen Yeh.
Yuan-Jen Yeh won the first prize for the warm and affectionate story behind the photo of his grandfather and monkeys, expressing the longing for his family. This made his work stand out from other submissions. He said that he rarely returns home to his family, but his grandfather once came to Kaohsiung from Taoyuan to take care of his grandson and this made him feel his affection. He submitted a photo of his grandfather that he took during that time and added a caption on the circumstances in which the photo was taken, hoping to make others realize how important it is to spend time with one’s family. Regarding the competition results, Yuan-Jen said laughing that he didn’t expect to win the first prize for his submission and that his grandfather was very happy for him as well; he thanked everyone for their support.
The second prize winner was a sophomore of the Department of Music, Yu-Hsiang Lu, who submitted a photo of him with a monkey sitting on his shoulders that looks as if the animal was ordering him around. The caption says “Heeey! turn left please!” Yu-Hsiang Lu said he is not afraid of monkeys and that to take the photo for the competition, he and his friend spent the whole afternoon on the mountain trail until they saw a docile small monkey that was not afraid of humans. As the monkey jumped on his shoulders, he asked his friend to press the shutter button. Asked about his impression of the monkeys, Yu-Hsiang said “They are so cool!”. He thinks that one will not get attacked as long as he or she avoids showing food to the monkeys and in this way humans and monkeys can co-exist peacefully.
The winner of the third prize, a second-year master student of the Department of Chemistry, Wai-Jen Tang, has a busy life doing research in the laboratory, but to relieve the stress he actively participates in campus activities, such as the Christmas market or paper airplane competition. He submitted a photo of himself and a monkey looking straight into the camera. The contrast of him smiling brightly with the monkey looking indifferent makes people smile. Wai-Jen mentioned that he likes animals and often takes pictures with all kinds of animals, so he is not afraid of monkeys. "I would love to participate in similar competitions in the future!”
(Edited by Public Affairs Division)
(Report by student journalist) National Sun Yat-sen University organized a photography contest “My close encounter with monkeys”, encouraging students to show off photos they took with the monkeys on campus. The contest spurred an enthusiastic response from the students as soon as it was announced. 18 students submitted creative photographs showing monkeys breaking into classrooms, photos of them catching eye contact with the animals or imitating their moves. The winner of the first prize was a sophomore of the Department of Photonics, Yuan-Jen Yeh.
Yuan-Jen Yeh won the first prize for the warm and affectionate story behind the photo of his grandfather and monkeys, expressing the longing for his family. This made his work stand out from other submissions. He said that he rarely returns home to his family, but his grandfather once came to Kaohsiung from Taoyuan to take care of his grandson and this made him feel his affection. He submitted a photo of his grandfather that he took during that time and added a caption on the circumstances in which the photo was taken, hoping to make others realize how important it is to spend time with one’s family. Regarding the competition results, Yuan-Jen said laughing that he didn’t expect to win the first prize for his submission and that his grandfather was very happy for him as well; he thanked everyone for their support.
The second prize winner was a sophomore of the Department of Music, Yu-Hsiang Lu, who submitted a photo of him with a monkey sitting on his shoulders that looks as if the animal was ordering him around. The caption says “Heeey! turn left please!” Yu-Hsiang Lu said he is not afraid of monkeys and that to take the photo for the competition, he and his friend spent the whole afternoon on the mountain trail until they saw a docile small monkey that was not afraid of humans. As the monkey jumped on his shoulders, he asked his friend to press the shutter button. Asked about his impression of the monkeys, Yu-Hsiang said “They are so cool!”. He thinks that one will not get attacked as long as he or she avoids showing food to the monkeys and in this way humans and monkeys can co-exist peacefully.
The winner of the third prize, a second-year master student of the Department of Chemistry, Wai-Jen Tang, has a busy life doing research in the laboratory, but to relieve the stress he actively participates in campus activities, such as the Christmas market or paper airplane competition. He submitted a photo of himself and a monkey looking straight into the camera. The contrast of him smiling brightly with the monkey looking indifferent makes people smile. Wai-Jen mentioned that he likes animals and often takes pictures with all kinds of animals, so he is not afraid of monkeys. "I would love to participate in similar competitions in the future!”
(Edited by Public Affairs Division)
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