A World Beyond Imagination
As a kid, I often dreamt of far-off places with adventures around every corner. I can blame this entirely on my lifelong love for National Geographic magazines. Filled with spectacular images originating from all around the world, these publications have been eye-opening, beautifully crafted, and immensely informative since 1888. They cover topics ranging from history and culture to every species of wildlife imaginable via mediums such as their iconic magazine and their own television channel.
Now, why am I subjecting you to this childhood anecdote?
It has been a long year without concerts, artistic performances, and other live events for Frostburg State University’s Cultural Event Series- an organization known throughout the local community for bringing impactful entertainment from around the world to our small, low-key city of Frostburg. Despite these setbacks, the CES team has worked tirelessly to do their best to continue to uphold their mission- of which a section states that CES, “allows participants to experience and celebrate the arts through live performance, educational outreach, and experiential education providing them with new ways to view, explain, interact, and promote global understanding and dialogue through the appreciation and acceptance of cultural differences.” Thus, following up on this promise, CES has continued to provide multiple online, virtual performances by Maryland Symphony Orchestra and songwriter and musician Kyshona during the turbulent year of 2020.
Now, most recently, CES and the FSU Student Activities program have announced a new series of interactive virtual live presentations from National Geographic.
Starting Tuesday, February 9th, 2021, at 7:00 PM, a series titled “National Geographic Live” ensued. The primary speakers were Prasenjeet Yadav and Anand Varma; both are photographers whose work is featured in National Geographic. In their event titled, “Scientific Exposure”, where science and photography collide, they discussed their work and experiences from around the globe.
For the first half of the panel, Anand Varma described his projects ranging from photographing parasites found in crickets to filming a hummingbird’s wing speed in slow motion. He gave an in-depth description of how he sets up his shots in order to create an image that makes the creature interesting to look at and show a side of it that people don’t typically associate with the subjects.
Following Varma’s presentation, Prasenjeet Yadav then gave his experience of moving up into a small village high up in the Himalayan mountains. Here, he spent time both learning the locals’ way-of-life while setting up to capture photos of the Snow Leopard. He described his “camera traps” that he set up and the various difficulties he experienced while trying to capture the perfect image.
The event concluded with the two photographers discussing their own separate projects still to come.
Fortunately, it doesn’t stop there! Following “Scientific Exposure” are four more virtual speaker events to the series.
On Tuesday, February 23rd at 7:00 PM, Paleontologists Nizar Ibrahim and Sebastián Rozadilla speak in their event titled “Reimagining Dinosaurs” about, you guessed it, dinosaurs and the progressing research devoted to learning more about their time on Earth.
On Tuesday, March 16th at 7:00 PM, “Feats of Filming” follows Bryan Smith, an award-winning filmmaker that has directed television shows on National Geographic’s tv channel, and Keith Ladzinski, an Emmy-nominated director and National Geographic featured photographer, and their filming adventures through a wild range of environments across the world.
On Tuesday, March 30th at 7:00 PM, marine biologists David Gruber and Diva Amon delve into the deep blue sea with their event titled “Mysterious Seas”. For this stream, these marine and deep-sea biologists will discuss the amazing creatures that thrive deep in our oceans.
The final event, scheduled for April 13th at 7:00 PM, deviates from the stream of wildlife and science of the former talks. “Women and Migration” covers a project documenting the impact of migration on women around the globe. The project was conducted by photographers Danielle Villasana, Miora Rajaonary, and Saiyna Bashir, and the event will also include the company of their photo editor Jennifer Samuel as the moderator.
You may now be wondering how expensive tickets to these exotic events may be. It’s the best price a college student could ask for- Free!
Easy access to these tickets can be found on the Cultural Event Series’ page on the FSU website; I will also provide a link to their page here. In addition to tickets, more information regarding these events can be found both on CES’s webpage and the official National Geographic website here.
After the year we have all had to go through, I think the best possible events to be lined up are ones that take us beyond our small campus and beyond our imaginations.
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