Danube Watch 2/2017 - Law and Economics High School from Belgrade, wins trip to Europe with 26 photographs titled “On the beautiful blue Danube“

I n October 2016, the Delegation of the European Union to Serbia, announced a competition for high school papers and our high school decided to participate in the category photo-papers and photo-reportage. Our students Sara, Nevena, and Kristina, together with myself, their teacher Daniela Kuzmanović, quickly got down to work, using every possible moment to capture every sunbeam, every wave and every movement of the Danube River.

This resulted in a set of 26 photographs named "On the beautiful blue Danube", which were submitted to the competition. These photos were created with the support of the Law and Economics High School and the Integrated Education System for Social and Natural Sciences. These 26 photos show the Danube pausing for a brief moment in our beautiful city of Belgrade before continuing on its journey to the Black Sea.

Competition was intense, with entries from 164 high schools from all over Serbia. The Commission, which consisted of reputable journalists, professional photographers and experts in education, had an extremely difficult task in choosing the winning entry but, after two months of impatiently waiting and anticipation, the results of the competition finally arrived with the news: "Congratulations, you have won the category for photo papers and photo-reportage."

The prize was a trip to three beautiful European cities – Ljubljana, Vienna and Budapest – from 9^th May to 13^th May. During our trip to Vienna, we visited the ICPDR Secretriat.

Daniela Kuzmanović has a Master's engineering degree in environmental protection and integrated education. She teaches Ecology at the Law and Economics High School of Belgrade