View 60 Captivating Finalists From the 23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest. Then, Vote for Your Favorite!
This year’s finalists carry us across landscapes and cultures, into moments with people and wildlife. Now, you too can select the one you deem most deserving of the Readers’ Choice award.
Collage by Emily Lankiewicz
View 60 Captivating Finalists From the 23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest. Then, Vote for Your Favorite!
This year’s finalists carry us across landscapes and cultures, into moments with people and wildlife. Now, you too can select the one you deem most deserving of the Readers’ Choice award.
Photographers from around the world entered more than 17,000 images into the 23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest. Spanning six categories—American Experience, Artistic, Drone/Aerial, People, Travel and Wildlife—60 marvelous photographs were chosen by the magazine's editors as finalists, and you can see them all below. The captions were written by the photographers themselves.
Be sure to vote for your favorite; the polls will be open through March 30, and you can vote once per day. The winner of that competition, as well as the grand prize and category winners will be announced in April.
Travel
A lone figure passes through shifting light and shadow. This street moment reveals the quiet poetry of urban life where design, contrast and solitude intersect.
Aung Chan Thar
On the ninth day of the lunar new year, Wenfeng Academy in Longxi Village, China, held traditional folk activities such as throwing embroidered balls and escorting a bridal sedan chair, attracting tourists.
Yi Yuan
Mont-Saint-Michel rises majestically from the shimmering sands of the bay off Normandy, France, revealing intricate fortifications nestled at its base. Walking toward the abbey, a UNESCO World Heritage site, across the tidal flats feels like stepping into a medieval manuscript.
SM Mostafijur Rahman
Icelandic sheep stand on the moss-covered slopes of Iceland's Borgarfjordur Eystri as low clouds drift across the mountains.
Ashley Dowiak
Actors wear characteristic masks and traditional costumes of the local opera in the Tunpu area of Guizhou, China. The words "Dragon in Tunpu, Tales of the Past" on the red display board indicate that this is a folk cultural performance.
Shu Zhang
During a nomadic festival in southwest Morocco, riders on Berber horses perform the ancient equestrian art of tbourida. Simulating a military charge, riders wearing traditional dress and armed with old firearms ride at a full gallop, then simultaneously attempt to fire a shot at the end of the ride.
Ron van der Stappen
A Mundari child cleans the horns of a bull with a mixture of mud and water in South Sudan. The Mundari are cattle herders who live symbiotically with their Ankole-Watusi cattle, characterized by their large horns.
Roberto Pazzi
The Markaziy Bozor in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, is a renovated Soviet-era market offering a wide range of fresh fruits, vegetables, dairy and spices. Most vendors come from villages within a 50-kilometer radius (about 30 miles) of the market. Modern displays coexist with traditional stalls, allowing producers to sell their goods and reflecting the connection between agricultural traditions and the city’s evolution.
Fiorella Baldisserri
In the holy city of Varanasi, India, a devotee walks barefoot among rows of oil lamps the annual Hindu festival of Shivaratri. The soft glow of the diyas reflects her faith with each deliberate step, merging devotion, light and tradition in one of India’s most sacred spaces.
Arun Kumar Nalimela
A building's intricate patterns glow under moonlit lamps.
Kevin Yu Shi
The rhino's horn, pointing skyward like a weapon or scepter, symbolizes the ancient and enduring nature of power that has commanded reverence throughout history.
Amish Chhagan
On a sweltering August afternoon, two cone-headed grasshoppers rest among thistles.
Pepe Badia Marrero
Golden monkeys, a first-class protected animal in China, gather to keep warm in a Qinling Mountain nature reserve in Shaanxi Province in November 2023.
Minqiang Lu
The unmistakable stars of our wildlife photography expedition deep into the Brazilian Amazon on the Rio Negro were the Amazon river dolphins—curious, slow-moving and unlike any other dolphin on Earth. While diving in the blackwater, one dolphin approached, illuminated by shafts of sunlight filtering through the surface. The copper-red glow is the natural light refracting through the dark water, revealing the dolphin’s distinctive form.
Leighton Lum
A Japanese macaque pauses with a hand raised to its face on a cold winter morning in Nagano, Japan. The moment highlights the fine texture of its fur and a natural behavior these primates use to protect exposed skin in freezing conditions.
Jacqueline Burke
The tiny Shaun the Sheep nudibranch rests on algae, showcasing its unique colors and shapes.
Olie Turner III
Being a mother bear is hard work. Mortality rates among the young are high, and just getting cubs to survive the winter is an uphill task. At Lake Clark, this calm, vigilant mother seems determined to beat the odds.
Prashant Chacko
A beautiful ribbon eel peeks out of its den. A fascinating animal, it has an aggressive aspect but is not dangerous.
Pietro Cremone
A Natal Midlands dwarf chameleon (Bradypodion thamnobates) blends into its habitat among the reproductive fronds of a cycad. Native to South Africa, this vulnerable species depends on intact forest patches in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands.
Wiktoria West
A great egret leans toward its noisy chicks as they jostle and call, each trying to be closest to the parent. Raised crests and open bills reveal the intense competition inside the cedar nest, capturing a vivid moment of family urgency and wild energy.
Jacqueline Burke
Two months after the deadly Altadena fire in Southern California, the remains of homes line quiet streets—a haunting aerial view of loss, resilience and the slow return of green amid the ashes.
Jassen Todorov
An announcer speaks during a football game between Mission High School and Plains High School on a fall night in Saint Ignatius, Montana.
Maddy Grassy
A vintage Pontiac becomes a canvas of light and motion under the blaze of the late afternoon sun, its hood alive with shifting shadows and a kaleidoscope of color. Bands of brightness and shade ripple across the turquoise surface, while chrome flourishes and a gleaming hood ornament capture the rhythm of an era defined by grace and velocity.
Jeremiah Jenner
A National Guard member stands outside Union Station in Washington, D.C. during the deployment to the city, with armored vehicles positioned near the entrance. A woman pauses to speak with the service member as travelers move through the station.
Daniel Hamburg
This photo was taken after two decades of photographing moments at this diner in a small coal mining town in Pennsylvania. Each year, I visit once or twice and admire the feeling of stepping back in time. As the years went on, the people who spent their whole lives working here would age, yet the experience would stay the same.
Ethan DeLorenzo
A racer works on a set of rims during the 2025 Oswego Super DIRT Week, preparing equipment ahead of competition at the annual racing event in October.
Shuyang Zhuang
My photography aims to celebrate Michigan’s architectural crown jewel and all those who lovingly care for it.
Dave Thompson
Two couples do the Texas two-step in a honky-tonk in Nashville. This ground-level view captures the background couple spinning while the foreground couple adds a heel-to-toe flourish.
Richard Lash
As his colleagues look on, a worker gets caught in a precarious split while descending the Oculus in downtown Manhattan. I was able to include the ascending Freedom Tower behind.
Richard Lash
DelShay Henio leads her horse across the arid land of her family's ranch on the Navajo Nation in northern New Mexico.
Christopher Carpenter
A massive red-and-white ring anchors the Oppo Chang An R&D Center in Dongguan, China, as seen from 500 feet above. The complex serves as an expression of modern architectural aesthetics and as a connector for surrounding traffic and pedestrian flow. The movement of vehicles and people in and around the ring weaves a dynamic thread of urban life within this geometric city space.
Yonglin Sun
From above, the Spanish farmlands reveal striking shapes—light and dark fields branch across the hills like natural mosaics. The contrast between the plowed lines and untouched terrain creates an abstract landscape shaped by human hands and time.
Jabi Sanz
In a back alley of Zhenjiang's old town, an elderly man practices calligraphy with a large moplike brush dipped in water. Passers-by stop to watch him work and to read his poems—describing the beauty of local scenery—before their meaning evaporates.
Eric Seidner
During the summer in Inner Mongolia, China, the stunning colors of Ulan Lake, in the depths of the desert, make it look like the "heart of the earth" when viewed from above.
Zehao Qiu
The Redzin Bridge in Wroclaw is captured in dense pre-sunrise fog.
Wojciech Szymański
The Interlace condominium in Singapore appears as a striking geometric network of stacked blocks, forming a bold architectural landmark unlike any other residential complex in the city. From a drone’s top-down view, its interlocking hexagonal layout resembles a giant tessellated puzzle, with lush courtyards and pools woven seamlessly into its dramatic design.
Chin Leong Teo
On the lake's frozen surface, the cracked texture interweaves and spreads out, the central circular ice pattern is eye-catching, and the cool blue texture is wrapped in the peaceful atmosphere of winter.
Guanghui Gu
At sunset in Dubai, layers of roads, bridges and metro lines weave together in a flowing pattern of light and motion. The vibrant landscaping below adds a striking contrast, revealing the harmony between design, movement and modern urban life.
Pyae Phyo Thet Paing
From above, the Earth's striking palette reveals a creativity that can never be replicated.
Qinyuan Ding
Cherry blossoms in Vilnius mark the beginning of spring. Locals and travelers gather under blooming trees to relax, picnic and take photos. Captured from above, the symmetry of shadows and pink blossoms creates a peaceful, dreamlike scene—a perfect reminder to slow down and enjoy the simple moments.
Agnieszka Wieczorek
About 20 heavy floats representing the stations of the cross are carried through the streets of Trapani, Sicily, for about 24 hours during Holy Week.
Willem Kuijpers
An athlete concentrates before their turn in a discus competition.
Sergey Yudin
Taken in Parque del Oeste, Madrid, this photograph depicts members of the Artemisia Punk collective. The group researches, preserves and disseminates punk culture through a feminist lens, emphasizing collective experience and collaboration.
Jesús Umbría
Josefina sits quietly in the dim light of her collapsing home in Old Havana, Cuba. She is one of three sisters living with severe scoliosis and chronic health issues. Despite their strength, they face each day without support, holding on to dignity in a place long forgotten by aid.
Mogli Maureal
The Ketuk Tilu dancers express their extraordinary joy while performing on Asia Afrika Street in Bandung during the Carnival parade for the 80th anniversary of Indonesia's independence. Their background is the Savoy Homann Hotel, where heads of state from various parts of the world stayed during the 1955 Asian-African Conference.
Indra Gumilar Prasetya
A group of Chimbu tribesmen gather around a fire. The Chimbu, also known as the Simbu or Kuman people, are an Indigenous group living in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. They traditionally use mud mixed with natural pigments as a form of body decoration in ceremonial events, rituals and dances, serving aesthetic and symbolic purposes.
Roberto Pazzi
Leaning against the gun of a tank now defeated by time and rust, this man poses with the calm of one who has seen history change many times. His glasses, decorated with the American flag, reflect a paradox in the country's history: a fragment of the West in the heart of Afghanistan. There is no provocation or irony in his gaze, only the calm and silence of someone who lives daily among the ruins of the past and imported symbols. Behind him, a child plays where there was once war, while a passerby leaves it behind. He, however, remains impassive.
Andrea Peruzzi
A woman stands waist-deep in the river holding a glowing offering during Chhath Puja, a festival honoring the sun. In the misty pre-dawn light, reflections and countless diyas, or oil lamps, create a powerful stillness filled with faith, endurance and devotion.
Rumela De
Umberto is an 85-year-old woodcarver, the last in Naples. We met in his small and packed workshop in the heart of the city, and he told me his life story for more than two hours.
Francesco Guerra
I noticed on social media that Bone and his wife, Valentina, were traveling through my hometown, so I reached out to them, asking if I could take some portraits of Bone. We ended up shooting for more than two hours.
Francesco Guerra
Veiled in black with white ruptures cutting through the image, this figure symbolizes the spiritual essence hidden within the physical body. The work explores the balance between wholeness and internal fragmentation.
Irina Denisova
Using the method of focus encirclement, I took 29 pictures and stacked them with Helicon Focus software to get the final image.
Jianguo Mao
The composition constructs a space between formality, writing and the body. A figure leans over as ink-like black lines flow slowly across the surface. Traces of red from the face extend into the space. Through minimalist composition and strong chromatic contrast, the image explores the tension between creation, consumption and self-projection, as well as the silence and imbalance experienced in the process of expression.
Dongbo Liu
Barefoot on the wet sand of Havelock Island, a woman lifts her face toward the canopy as water curls around her feet. The long exposure leaves a translucent trace of her movement, as if she is dissolving into the air and sea. It’s a quiet, ecstatic moment of surrender to place.
Rajeev Anand
Using the method of focus encirclement, I took 49 pictures and stacked them with Helicon Focus software to get the final image.
Jianguo Mao
The figure holds a red vessel in her hands while four others are arranged in a sequential composition, establishing a rhythm of order and repetition. Set against the subdued green space, the red object strikes a restrained yet resonant note. Through its use of color, layering and still-life composition, the photograph captures a state of suspension between cultural symbol and interior emotion.
Jiaqi Xu
The picture was taken near a lake in the Dolomites just before the first of May—a dull day, without shine, full of a green that was emerging.
Razvan Olariu
Axel Towers, iconic architecture in Copenhagen, by the architect Lene Tranberg
Mette Klint
The image embodies the Sufi Tanoura dance with a graceful motion that reflects Egyptian mysticism and the spirituality of folk heritage. The fusion of light and movement expresses a deep immersion in the moment, when the body becomes an extension of the soul.
Mohamed Nouh
"Botanica Somnia” is about interconnectedness: how we depend on nature and how nature depends on us. It’s about the living bond that holds us together.
Elena Paraskeva
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