University of Pennsylvania, Yale University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College

I used to think that my camera only captured scenes of life; in fact, it delivers voices, voices of powerless children from Liangshan, one of China’s poorest regions. Every time I look through my Canon 7D’s viewfinder, I’m eager not only to capture but also to convey and create, hence empowering the lives of others. Capture. A group of kids playing rope-less tug-of-war. Bad angle, awkward placement, could’ve used a larger aperture with a higher shutter speed. It's not a great shot, but it pictured the fifteen-year-old me trying to immortalize a moment. The girls interlock their hands, some…