'Fair days work for a fair days pay?'

The unknown races of Litang

lauraplunkett — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:38:09 GMT

I am Laura Plunkett a 30 year old from Northern Ireland who studied Art and Design at University and who has spent as much time as possible in the last 11 years travelling. I graduated from university with a BA Hons in Art and Design and decided to go travelling for six months before beginning my career. Those six months have turned into seven years and I have now travelled, worked and lived in more than 40 countries.
Photography is very important to me as it is a way of expressing my creative side. I have learnt a lot about myself from the photos I have taken and the areas that I am interested in. I’m not sure if my passion for photography or travelling is greater, they both drive each other. My passions in life are photography, travelling, meeting new people and spending time in nature. I teach English as a foreign language as a way of supporting myself so I can travel the world and spend time in communities photographing them but to work as a travel photographer would be a dream come true. I am living my dream now as much as I can but the chance to come and join you on a scholarship would really help make my full dream come true.

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

lauraplunkett — Sun, 6 Jan 2013 08:24:03 GMT

I graduated with a BA Hons in Art and Design and decided to go travelling for six months. Those six months have turned into six years and I have now travelled, worked and lived in more than 40 countries. I am happiest when I am in a country that I don’t know, surrounded by people so different from me. I travel alone but I never feel alone, my best friend is always with me, my camera. I love to take time out of the bustling world and photograph people as they carry on their daily lives and also spend time in nature watching how the light changes and transforms a place. I love to watch and photograph the day appear with sunrise and disappear with sunset. Photography is very important to me as it is a way of expressing my creative side. I’m not sure if my passion for photography or travelling is greater, they both drive each other. As I now have the confidence and experience to travel further into the unknown parts of the world I want to have the technical photographic knowledge and confidence to go along with it. I would love this amazing opportunity to win a scholarship with yourselves and promise that I would put it to amazing use.