Smithsonian Magazine's Annual Photo Contest
MAR 1, 2012 |
The editors of Smithsonian magazine have just announced the 50 finalists in their 9th annual photo contest. They've kindly allowed me to share several of the final contenders below, including some amazing images from each of the competition's five categories: Americana, The Natural World, People, Altered Images, and Travel. Be sure to visit the contest page at Smithsonian.com to see all the finalists and to vote for this year's Reader's Choice winner.
Three fishermen on Inle Lake by David Lazar from Brisbane, Australia, entered in the Travel category. Photographed January 2011, Inle Lake, Myanmar. (© Smithsonian.com)
An entry in the Altered Images category, this is "Where the soul meets the body" by Laura Diliberto from Wantagh, New York. Photographed in November of 2011 in New York City. (© Smithsonian.com) #
Segways on tour in Valencia near a modern building, by Marcel van Balken from Amstelveen, Netherlands. Photographed in Valencia, Spain, in October of 2010. (© Smithsonian.com)
lots more
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/03/smithsonian-magazines-annual-photo-contest/100255/