Welcome to our visual blog for the BUPS/BIS 2009 8th grade Ephesus trip. These photographs, captions and "unphotographs" represent a joint venture in English and art class capturing the experience of the students' final middle school trip at BUPS/BIS. Many still remember and speak fondly of the games at Patalya in 6th grade and the adventures in Cappadocia last year in 7th. This year's experience held the same kind of wonder and memories, all the more poignant since in just a little time they will graduate from the 8th grade. The students have chosen their best landscape, portrait and detail photograph, writing a concise and descriptive caption for one. Using Michael David Murphy's "Unphotographable" as an inspiration, the students also wrought an image in words when its meaning went beyond the pixel.

Even though they will be in the same building next year and have many of the same teachers, high school is a different world. Every assignment and class trip of middle school has been constructed to help the students succeed in this new realm. But, as you will see from the photos of Ephesus and its surrounding areas and as the students realized, the past is never far away, and it's always the foundation for the future.
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A flowerbed lying right beside the entrance of an ancient city surviving for centuries leaving ruins of history behind. It may look like an ordinary daisy bed, but the sun and the beauty of the colors makes it a memory unforgettable.


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This is a photo I did not take of a tourist about 60-70 years old at Priene, Turkey, fascinated by the beauty of the ancient ruins, taking a photo so quickly that it looks like he's scared that they can get destroyed any minute. Behind him stands a tree, its roots dug inside the soil to find water in this deserted area, where its shade looks like a perfect spot to rest; under it a butterfly landing on top of a daisy. When we see the beauty of the nature we can actually understand why ancient people chose such a perfect spot to live their lives.
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