Photos: My Scholarship entry - Time slows down 50 miles west of Shanghai https://journals.worldnomads.com/catgallagher/ Mon, 6 Apr 2026 21:49:53 GMT World Nomads Adventures As I sat in a job interview for an investment bank two weeks ago,I was asked “Why do you want to work here?Why are you not a photographer?”.I was at a loss for words. That innocent question brought me back to the moment I received my first camera,printed my first photo in the darkroom and the endless joy I felt going to sleep after having captured ‘that’ photo. I didn’t discover photography by choice but because of a high school graduation requirement. Since,it has been a choice and I haven’t turned back. My eyes have been opened to a whole new world and way of seeing. Four years on, my passion has grown exponentially. I have been lucky that I have had the opportunity to travel, particularly in Asia. I have used every trip to learn from new environments to improve my photography skills. Photography is how I think, it’s what I do. There’s an intimacy and responsibility in creating an image that will one day come to represent a village, a person, a moment. Travelling to Arabian Peninsula is a dream of mine. I have little technical training and this scholarship would be a once in a lifetime chance to gain invaluable skills and and me help get a foot in the door towards my dream job. https://journals.worldnomads.com/catgallagher/photos/36864/Ireland/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited Travel Ireland catgallagher https://journals.worldnomads.com/catgallagher/photos/36864/Ireland/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited#comments https://journals.worldnomads.com/catgallagher/photos/36864/Ireland/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited Wed, 2 Jan 2013 21:41:52 GMT 0