“Serving Abroad…Through Their Eyes” Finalists Selected

About the Author: Amanda Brooks serves in the Office of Art in Embassies.

“Serving Abroad…Through Their Eyes” as a part of the programming celebrating the office of Art in Embassies 50th anniversary has been an amazing journey. After the project submission cut-off date of February 20th, our office found ourselves happily overwhelmed by the quantity and the quality of the images submitted. Over 3,200 images were uploaded to our site art.state.gov, in the first joint Department of State and Department of Defense photo contest and exhibition of its kind.

In April, I had the pleasure of sitting in a dark conference room for eight hours, with some of the most prestigious photographers and photo editors in the business, the project jurors, invited to edit those images in search of the finalists. One of the best comments… more »

(Source: blogs.state.gov)