Announcing the Winners of Our 9th Annual Photo Contest
Our editors pored over more than 67,000 photographs, each one a postcard from a unique time and place
- By Jesse Rhodes
- Smithsonian magazine, July-August 2012,

(Lucy Chien)
Lucy Chien, Age 30
San Francisco, California • Photographed June 2010
“Oregon will always be a special place for me, having grown up there,” Chien says of this coastal scene. “Little did I know that even clams have a personality and know how to smile for the camera.”











Comments (3)
Nice photo but out of 67,000 this is the best you could come up with??? Isn't this a Rock Scallop?
Posted by RavenWing on July 2,2012 | 10:17 AM
This is a worthy photograph!
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