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Winners of National Geographic 2014 Photo Contest

From more than 9000 entries submitted by professional and amateur photographers National Geographic selected 19 images


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.


Winner’s Photos


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“alt”: “Winners of National Geographic 2014 Photo Contest 1”,
“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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“alt”: “Winners of National Geographic 2014 Photo Contest 2”,
“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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“alt”: “Winners of National Geographic 2014 Photo Contest 3”,
“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.


Other winning images

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


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“alt”: “Winners of National Geographic 2014 Photo Contest 4”,
“text”: “Nature: Honourable Mention. Cairns, Great Barrier Reef, Flynn Reef, Australia. Photo and caption by Christian Miller.”}


{“img”: “/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ng_04.jpg”,
“alt”: “Winners of National Geographic 2014 Photo Contest 5”,
“text”: “Nature: Honorable Mention. Boundary Bay, BC, Canada. Photo and caption by Henrik Nilsson.”}


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“alt”: “Winners of National Geographic 2014 Photo Contest 6”,
“text”: “Nature: Honorable Mention. Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania. Photo and caption by Zik Teo.”}


{“img”: “/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ng_06.jpg”,
“alt”: “Winners of National Geographic 2014 Photo Contest 7”,
“text”: “Nature: Honorable Mention. Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India. Photo and caption by Archna Singh.”}


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“alt”: “Winners of National Geographic 2014 Photo Contest 8”,
“text”: “Nature: Honorable Mention. Richmond Park, London, UK. Photo and caption by Prashant Meswani.”}


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“alt”: “Winners of National Geographic 2014 Photo Contest 9”,
“text”: “Nature: Honorable Mention. Tabasalu, Estonia. Photo and caption by Maie Kirnmann.”}


{“img”: “/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ng_09.jpg”,
“alt”: “Winners of National Geographic 2014 Photo Contest 10”,
“text”: “People: Honorable mention. Termanin, Syria. Photo and caption by Abdullah Alghajar.”}


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“alt”: “Winners of National Geographic 2014 Photo Contest 11”,
“text”: “People: Honorable mention. Chhattisgarh, India. Photo and caption by Mattia Passarini.”}


{“img”: “/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ng_11.jpg”,
“alt”: “Winners of National Geographic 2014 Photo Contest 12”,
“text”: “People: Honorable mention. Sarbi village, Maramure, Romania. Photo and caption by Roberto Fiore.”}


{“img”: “/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ng_12.jpg”,
“alt”: “Winners of National Geographic 2014 Photo Contest 13”,
“text”: “People: Honorable mention. Paris, France. Photo and caption by Karine Puret.”}


{“img”: “/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ng_13.jpg”,
“alt”: “Winners of National Geographic 2014 Photo Contest 14”,
“text”: “People: Honorable mention. Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia. Photo and caption by Adam Birkan.”}


{“img”: “/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ng_14.jpg”,
“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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“alt”: “Winners of National Geographic 2014 Photo Contest 16”,
“text”: “People: Honorable mention. Blue Ridge Parkway, USA. Photo and caption by Tyler G.”}


{“img”: “/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ng_16.jpg”,
“alt”: “Winners of National Geographic 2014 Photo Contest 17”,
“text”: “Places: Honorable mention. Holms, Syria. Photo and caption by Sergey Ponomarev.”}


{“img”: “/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ng_17.jpg”,
“alt”: “Winners of National Geographic 2014 Photo Contest 2014 18”,
“text”: “Places: Homorable mention. Kocaeli, Turkey. Photo and caption by Aytül Akbaş.”}


{“img”: “/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ng_18.jpg”,
“alt”: “Winners of National Geographic 2014 Photo Contest 2014 19”,
“text”: “Places: Honorable mention. Shinagawa Station, Tokyo, Japan. Photo and caption by Peter Franc.”}

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