Nepal, Where the Himalayas Rise

My Scholarship entry - Where the Himalayas Rise

Nepal | Thursday, November 13, 2014 | 5 photos

Maria Alejandra Cardona began creating her imaginary world through a viewfinder at the age of thirteen years old. Picking up a camera and started with very different perspective kind of photographs. Maria expresses who she is within the portraits of her subjects and narratives. She has won many awards, including Scholastics Art & Writing Awards of 2013 winning two gold keys, one for her portfolio called "Made In.." and one individual photograph called "Signs of Wisdom". Recently she became a 2014 Portrait Finalist in Shoot the Face for www.shoottheframe.com. Being the oldest of three, she hopes to be seen as a role model to her sisters and make her family proud. As a Hispanic woman she wants to be able to be seen as a professional and showcase her work everywhere. Maria's mother recently lost her job and now Maria is in search for an opportunity of a lifetime. Maria is open to learning technique and documenting unknown worlds to the world. Now she is a Photojournalism major in Columbia College Chicago and hopes to become a photographer for the National Geographic.