Photo Journals of India: Two Students' PerspectivesFirst floor (Phase II) Exhibit:

May 1, 2004-May 31, 2004
Location: Elevator Gallery

This photo exhibit is mainly a collection of photographs taken by two graduate students, Matthew Lopresti and Nicole Marsh, of separate travels through India. There are three parts to this exhibit; one located on the first floor of Hamilton Library (Phase II); and two located on the fourth floor of Hamilton Library (Phase II). Books for this display were selected by the South Asia Librarian.

"Finding Samsara: a journey through India"

The display focuses on: Agni: A Vedic Fire Ceremony, Diwali (Festival of Lights) in Varanasi, and Bodh Gaya: Under the Bodhi Tree.

Photographer: Matthew Lopresti

In 2003 Matthew Lopresti spent seven months in India. The Watumull Scholarship for Study in India financed his first trip, from May to August, when he traveled there to participate in an Advanced Sanskrit Language program offered for American graduate students at Deccan College in Pune, Maharashtra. His second journey, from September to December, was spent in a Burmese monastery in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, where he served as Lecturer of Buddhist Philosophy and Field Research Advisor for a Buddhist Studies program based out of Antioch College in the United States.Numerous cities and sites were visited in between and during these two fantastic opportunities, many of which are captured in this, his first, photography exhibit Finding Samsara: a journey through India. Currently, Matthew is a graduate student in the Department of Philosophy (Ph.D. program) and works as an Adjunct Professor of Humanities for Hawaii Pacific University.

Questions and comments about his work are welcome at matt_lopresti@yahoo.com