In November 2013, National Geographic magazine invited photographers from around the world to submit photos in three categories: People, Places and Nature. They received more than 7,000 entries from over 150 countries, with amateur and professional photographers across the globe participating. You can view the winning images in a full-screen slideshow here in LensCulture.
Learn more about the contest, and even download the winning images as "wallpapers" or "puzzles" for your computer screens at the National Geographic website. The three top winners will be published in the print version of National Geographic.
, who is a 2011 TED Fellow based in California, has been photographing dwindling icebergs in both Arctic regions. Her spectacular work is now being exhibited in San Francisco.
With an amazing archive of photographs that span the globe and the past 125 year, the anniversary issue of reminds us that "a photograph has the power to do infinitely more than document. It can transport us to unseen worlds."
A photograph is a photograph and a dance is a dance: yet this inventive exhibition in Amsterdam highlights the many intersections between the two art forms — as well as choreography, video, film and music— revealing deep and stirring fundamental connections!
A quarter century after the fall of the Soviet Union, the Empire's shadow continues to be felt across Europe and Asia—five photographers offer their views on this continually relevant topic.
