Soon to be graduate Graeme Passmore was a guest presenter at this weeks Mentoring class for our final year students. Graeme has just recently returned from a trip to Sri Lanka, India & Nepal where he worked as a volunteer with a school ‐ assisting them with their English programs and photographing at the same time.
Graeme took on an amazing adventure through Nepal hiking in the Himalayas for 2 weeks photographing and filming the wonderful people, culture and breath taking scenes the Himalayas have to offer. After spending time in the mountains Graeme returned to Kathmandu where he volunteered at Mansingh Dharma Higher and Secondary School for 2 weeks. Part of the experience was to live with a local family and be part of the community.
“It was an absolute amazing experience, my girlfriend and I were welcomed into not only the family but the whole community. From having showers in a cold bucket of water every morning to eating their local dish of Dal Bhat three times a day, every moment will be remembered. We were also lucky enough to be part of the Holi Festival of colour, which is basically a massive water and colour fight for the whole city of Kathmandu. Everyone from kids to grandparents get involved. It was a real humble experience to be able to teach at the school also, just to see how excited the kids get to learn English. Such amazing beautiful people, I’d do it all again in a heart beat!”
Graeme is one of our fabulous full time students …passionate about photography and in career transition from emerging photographer to a very accomplished advertising photographer. He is one of our top achieving students, who will be featured in our Graduation Ceremony at the ACMI on Friday 31 May. Check out more of Graeme's work at www.graemepassmore.tumblr.com or email him at graemepassmore@live.com