세계 100개국 이상에서 수십만명의 사진작가들이 참가하는 스미소니언 매거진의 사진 경연대회. 사진작가들이 작년에 촬영한 사진들을 가지고 올해 출품하여 발표하게 되는데요. 5개 부분 (The Natural World, Travel, People, Americana, Altered Images)에서 각각 10개 작품이 후보작으로 선정되어 현재 50개의 작품이 최종 후보작으로 올라와 있습니다. 멋지고 아름다운 사진을 보면 부러움과 함께 피사체를 관찰하는 작가의 시각적 안목에 늘 놀라움을 감출 수 없습니다. 여러분서도 아래 작품을 감상 하시면서 어떤 작품이 가장 와 닿는지 체크하여 보십시요...^^

The Milky Way Galaxy Exploding from Mount Rainier

Baby Owl in Studio

Visiting the Bronx Zoo

An Onlooker Witnesses the Annular Solar Eclipse as the Sun Sets on May 20, 2012

Antheraea Polyphemus Caterpillar Striking a Rather Devious-Looking Pose

Mummy, I Am Down Here, and Hungry!

Breeding Penguins

A Man-Made Ice Geyser

Ants Holding Seeds

A Pair of Bald Eagles Share a Meal

People Harvesting Salt at Sunset

Rice Terraces Close to Harvest Season

Lone Acacia, Sossusvlei Sand Dunes

Musicians Arriving at the Bullring

Puli Kali in the Annual Festival Onam

River Ferry Operating in the Early Morning in Xiao Donjiang, China

Alternating Rice Plots in the Bacson Valley

Monks Releasing Lanterns During Loy Krathong in Chiang Mai, Thailand

A Lone Hiker Viewed the Path Before Him as the Milky Way Rose in the Night Sky

A Visit to Bagan, Myanmar

Policemen Run Across the National Congress in Brasília During a Demonstration Against Corruption

In One of the Small Churches in Nazareth

Evening in a Barbershop

Farmers Harvesting Salt

Worshipers at Charak Puja in Moulvibazar, Bangladesh

Christine, 20-years-old, with Her First Child a Few Months Old

Guardians of the Forest

A Farmer Drying Rice in the Hot Sun

A Day Laborer Works at a Chemical Drum Recycling Plant

Rasta Daughter

Annual Bucking Horse Sale in Miles City, Montana

Snow Cone Stand at Dusk

Liquor Store

Eating Peach Ice Cream in the Summer

Apple Guy on Location in the Desert

Nighttime at Times Square, NYC

Hopper/Rockwell Scene, New York City

Blues in the Streets of Chicago

Grandpa’s Helper

Kitchen in Abandoned Home

Twisted

Grey Smoke Hair

Chasing Shadows

Cyberfashion

The Last Pollen Spore Preparing to Leave a Ladybug Trying to Hold On, Because It Didn't Want to Be Alone

A Whimsical House Set in the Burning Clouds of a Fiery Sunset

Hectic Mornings

To Serve and Protect

Il Duomo di Firenze

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