Winners of National Geographic 2014 Photo Contest

This year 9289 photographs were submitted for the National Geographic contest in three categories: people, places, and nature. A panel of experts including National Geographic photographers John Stanmeyer and Erika Larsen, as well as Keith Jenkins, General Manager of Digital, selected 19 pictures.

The Grand Prize winner will receive $10,000 and a trip to National Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C. to participate in the annual photography seminar to be held in January 2015.

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“text”: “Grand-Prize Winner and People Winner. Hong Kong. Photo and caption by Brian Yen.”}

“In the last ten years, mobile data, smartphones and social networks have forever changed our existence. Although this woman stood in the center of a jam-packed train, the warm glow from her phone told the strangers around her that she wasn’t really there. She managed to slip away from “here” for a short moment; she’s a node flickering on the social web, roaming the Earth, free as a butterfly. Our existence is no longer stuck to the physical here; we’re free to run away, and run we will,” said Yen.

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“text”: “Places Winner. Budapest, Hungary. Photo and caption by Triston Yeo.”}

“The thermal spas in Budapest [are] one of the favorite activities of Hungarians, especially in winter. We were fortunate to gain special access to shoot in the thermal spa thanks to our tour guide, Gabor. I love the mist, caused by the great difference in temperature between the hot spa water and the atmosphere. It makes the entire spa experience more surreal and mystical,” says Triston.

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“text”: “Nature Winner. North Serengeti, Tanzania. Photo and caption by Nicole Cambré.”}

“Jump of the wildebeest into the Mara River” – that’s how Nicole described her photograph.

Apart from the three main winners there were 16 honorable mention images.

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“text”: “Nature: Honourable Mention. Cairns, Great Barrier Reef, Flynn Reef, Australia. Photo and caption by Christian Miller.”}


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“text”: “Nature: Honorable Mention. Boundary Bay, BC, Canada. Photo and caption by Henrik Nilsson.”}


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“text”: “Nature: Honorable Mention. Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania. Photo and caption by Zik Teo.”}


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“text”: “Nature: Honorable Mention. Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India. Photo and caption by Archna Singh.”}


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“text”: “Nature: Honorable Mention. Richmond Park, London, UK. Photo and caption by Prashant Meswani.”}


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“text”: “Nature: Honorable Mention. Tabasalu, Estonia. Photo and caption by Maie Kirnmann.”}


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“text”: “People: Honorable mention. Termanin, Syria. Photo and caption by Abdullah Alghajar.”}


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“text”: “People: Honorable mention. Chhattisgarh, India. Photo and caption by Mattia Passarini.”}


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“text”: “People: Honorable mention. Sarbi village, Maramure, Romania. Photo and caption by Roberto Fiore.”}


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“alt”: “Winners of National Geographic 2014 Photo Contest 13”,
“text”: “People: Honorable mention. Paris, France. Photo and caption by Karine Puret.”}


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“text”: “People: Honorable mention. Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia. Photo and caption by Adam Birkan.”}


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“alt”: “Winners of National Geographic 2014 Photo Contest 15”,
“text”: “People: Honorable mention. Dead Sea, Israel. Photo and caption by Nick Riley.”}


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“text”: “People: Honorable mention. Blue Ridge Parkway, USA. Photo and caption by Tyler G.”}


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“text”: “Places: Honorable mention. Holms, Syria. Photo and caption by Sergey Ponomarev.”}


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“text”: “Places: Homorable mention. Kocaeli, Turkey. Photo and caption by Aytül Akbaş.”}


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“text”: “Places: Honorable mention. Shinagawa Station, Tokyo, Japan. Photo and caption by Peter Franc.”}