8th Annual Photo Contest Winners and Finalists

See the winning photos from our 2010 contest

FINALIST: People
Kenyan students in school
Ahero, Kenya • Photographed May 2010 Ryan Duncan
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FINALIST: Natural World
Asian elephants in Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai, Thailand • Photographed January 2010 Miles Tuttle
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FINALIST: Natural World
A red fox trying to take a nap
Clear Spring, Maryland • Photographed October 2009 Jennifer Dundus
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FINALIST: Natural World
Horseshoe crabs spawning in the bay
Delaware Bay, Delaware • Photographed May 2009 Nick Tucey
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WINNER: Natural World
Amber firefly
Fairfield, Iowa • Photographed July 2010
“In the Czech Republic where I grew up, I only saw fireflies a couple of times, deep in the forest,” Schreiber recalls. “When I came to the United States, I was shocked and thrilled to see the abundance of fireflies and their amazing glow. I was happy to encounter this firefly and photograph its magical bioluminescence.” Radim Schreiber
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FINALIST: Poeple
Dancer and musician
Budapest, Hungary • Photographed April 2010 Csaba Meszaros
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FINALIST: People
Trying to get into the Oslo Opera House
Oslo, Norway • Photographed September 2009 Christian Wakolbinger
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GRAND PRIZE WINNER
Indonesian artists make a few final touches before performing
Bhopal, India • Photographed June 2008
Hatvalne, who has worked as a photojournalist for the past two decades, was taken by the dancers’ fastidious preparations before a performance. “I love photographing people,” he says. “I also sometimes photograph landscapes as well, but there is no better landscape than a human face.” Prakash Hatvalne
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FINALIST: People
Lost in the grasslands
Inner Mongolia, China • Photographed June 2009 Hai Yang
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FINALIST: People
Racing bulls
Padang, Indonesia • Photographed January 2010 Ho Sung Wee
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FINALIST: People
Village woman cleaning outside her house
Indore, India • Photographed March 2009 Nitin Khatri
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FINALIST: People
Morning commute
Orvieto, Italy • Photographed October 2010 Lance Burch
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FINALIST: People
A competitor takes part in the Youth Olympic Games
Singapore • Photographed August 2010 Stefen Chow
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FINALIST: Natural World
Sun sets over Bonsai Rock
Lake Tahoe, Nevada • Photographed November 2009 Jim Patterson
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WINNER: People
Shyness
Sylhet, Bangladesh • Photographed October 2008
Islam, who is president of his hometown photographic society, encountered this young girl in a tea garden. “It was evening when I saw her waiting for her mother to bring back fresh drinking water,” he recalls. “The eyes, the solemn look, the shyness of the girl compelled me to take this photo.” Fakrul Islam
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FINALIST: Travel
Beauty of Mrauk Oo City
Mrauk Oo, Myanmar • Photographed January 2009 Kyaw Kyaw Winn
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FINALIST: Travel
Prayer flags in the Himalayas
Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal • Photographed May 2008 João Paulo Barbosa
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FINALIST: Travel
Dali villagers using cormorants to help them catch fish
Yunnan, China • Photographed October 2009 HaiYang
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FINALIST: Travel
Women coming home at sunset
Phan Rang City, Vietnam • Photographed October 2009 Le Thai Son
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FINALIST: Travel
Returning home from the field
Mandalay, Myanmar • Photographed July 2010 Myint Aung
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FINALIST: Travel
Muslim women entering a museum
Alexandria, Egypt • Photographed December 2009 Peggy Abrams
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FINALIST: Travel
Before a serious rain shower
New Delhi, India • Photographed April 2008 Olivier Boëls
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FINALIST: Travel
Decisive moment
Florence, Italy • Photographed March 2009 Regina Orlando
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WINNER: Travel
People taking a bath during a local religious fair
Kurukshetra, India • Photographed August 2008
“The whole atmosphere was very lively,” Chaudhary says of the solar eclipse festival where he took this image. “There was so much to shoot: water, reflections, pilgrims, sadhus. I couldn’t resist. As a travel photographer I am able to capture a whole story in one frame, making the viewer feel the place.” Poras Chaudhary
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FINALIST: Travel
Winter morning
Mandalay, Myanmar • Photographed November 2008 Kyaw Kyaw Winn
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FINALIST: Americana
A student miner
Idaho Springs, Colorado • Photographed April 2010 Kelly Morrill
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FINALIST: Altered Images
A chair found in an abandoned building
Roanoke, Virginia • Photographed June 2010 Chris Jones
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FINALIST: Altered Images
A foggy morning
Sausalito, California • Photographed February 2010 Jim Patterson
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FINALIST: Altered Images
After sunset
Davenport, California • Photographed April 2009 Jim Patterson
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FINALIST: Altered Images
Boys playing near Arenal Volcano
Arenal, Costa Rica • Photographed November 2008 Ashley Cunningham
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FINALIST: Altered Images
Fountain
Rome • Photographed April 2009 Massimo Strazzeri
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FINALIST: Altered Images
Decomposition
Vinadio, Italy • Photographed October 2009 Karolos Trivizas
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WINNER: Altered Images
Creepy crawler
Esbjerg, Denmark • Photographed August 2010
Lotte Pedersen finds photographic inspiration in nature. “I’m fascinated by the ‘big’ small world right outside in my backyard,” she says. “I can go on an adventure just by stepping outside.” Starting with her photo of a red beetle, she overlaid a shot of a concrete wall to create the textured surface of the final image. Lotte Pedersen
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FINALIST: Altered Images
Storing hay the old-fashioned way
Andover, Connecticut • Photographed June 2010 Philip Cardamone
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READER'S CHOICE
Great White Egret
South Florida • Photographed March 2009
A simple modification such as blacking out a background can yield dramatic results—as is the case with this photo of an egret. “These birds are magnificent animals,” Soto says, “and I have been photographing them since I was 18 years old.” This is the first Altered Images entry to win the Readers’ Choice award. Antonio Soto
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FINALIST: Americana
A sign of the times
Chicago, Illinois • Photographed October 2010 Ernest Wright
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FINALIST: Americana
Cape Royal on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona • Photographed October 2010 Jeffrey Johnson
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FINALIST: Americana
A red building in downtown Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia • Photographed June 2010 Julia Purcell
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FINALIST: Altered Images
Día de los Muertos
Las Vegas, Nevada • Photographed August 2010 Elizabeth Parker
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FINALIST: Americana
The Twisselman family moves over 400 calves to get branded
McKittrick, California • Photographed March 2008 Micah Albert
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FINALIST: Americana
Ocean Beach as the fog creeps in
Ocean Beach, San Francisco • Photographed November 2009 Navid Baraty
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FINALIST: Americana
Mardi Gras on South Street with the Wild Bohemians
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Photographed February 2010 Michele Frentrop
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FINALIST: Americana
Lonely schoolhouse
Schafferstown, Pennsylvania • Photographed July 2010 Tammi Knorr
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WINNER: Americana
Bronx teenager playing baseball
New York City, New York • Photographed March 2010
“It was dusk and the shadows were long and elongated, and I was captivated by the shadows of the players,” Lucka recalls of the fenced-in Bronx sports court where several teenagers were playing baseball. “There was enough light to get the ball in mid-motion. It’s one of my favorite photographs, to this day.” Christopher Lucka
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FINALIST: Americana
Morning sun illuminating history
Sebastapol, California • Photographed April 2008 Tahoe Butler
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FINALIST: Natural World
A fishing pier seal awaiting scraps from the day's catch
Bodega Bay, California • Photographed October 2010 Ananda Fierro
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FINALIST: Natural World
The last prayer
Micanopy, Florida • Photographed June 2009 Charles Littlewood
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FINALIST: Natural World
Polar bear walking on a snowy day
Fugle Fjord in Svalbard, Norway • Photographed August 2010 Alessandra Meniconzi
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FINALIST: Natural World
King of the hill
Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles • Photographed May 2008 James Kashner
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FINALIST: Natural World
Mother's love
Banting, Malaysia • Photographed May 2010 Ho Sung Wee
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