스미스소니언 발물관이 발행하는 잡지인Smithsonian Magazine에서 매년 포토그래피 컨테스트를 연다고 합니다. 올해가 9회째인데 100개가 넘는 국가,1,4000여명의 사진가들로부터 출품작을 접수받았고 67,059개의 작품들 중 최종 50개가 선정된다고 합니다. The Natural World, Americana, People, Travel, Altered 이렇게 5가지 카테고리로 구성되어 있고 각 분야 우승자가 결정됩니다. 3월 말까지 네티즌들의 온라인 투표와 에디터들의 심사를 통해 결정되는데 여러분들도 이곳에서 투표를 하실 수 있습니다. 출품작등 중 25개의 멋진 사진을 뽑아봤네요.
1. BEHIND THE BLUE Lilongwe, Malawi, May 2011 (Paolo Patruno/Bologna, Italy)
2. 25 TOES West Bengal, India, November 2009 (Nimai Ghosh/Kolkata, India)3. TEALA ABOVE AND BELOW WATER Redding, California, July 2010 (Bridget Bailey/Redding, California)4. A HOMELESS BOY SLEEPING INSIDE THE TRAIN Jakarta, Indonesia, August 2009 (Budi Prakasa/Jakarta, Indonesia)5. DISGUISED FUN Kolkata, India, April 2009 (Somnath Mukherjee/Kolkata, India)6. THE FLOWER GIRL Boston, Massachusetts, June 2011 (Joseph Richard/Altomonte Springs, Florida)7. A WATERFOWL HUNTER AND HIS DOG CALL IT A DAY Monte Vista, Colorado, March 2010 (Mallory Olenius/Denver, Colorado)8. WANTING TO SEE HER BIG BROTHER DURING HIS BASEBALL GAME Mobile, Alabama, March 2011 (Stephanie Fox/Mobile, Alabama)9. 99 CENT DREAMS New York City, New York, December 2010 (Nancy Breslin/Newark, Delaware)10. RANCH DOG TAKING A BREAK FROM WORK Ellsworth, Nebraska, April 2010 (Jamie Illian/Dallas, Texas)11. SAMANTHA ON HER FARM Connorsville, Wisconsin, May 2011 (Bernadette Pollard/St. Paul, Minnesota)12. OLD MINE ON RED MOUNTAIN PASS Ouray, Colorado, October 2009 (Robert Castellino/Lafayette, Colorado)13. BROOKLYN BRIDGE New York City, New York, February 2011 (Wayne Bennett/Bronx, New York)14. BLUE ICE CAVE Antarctica, December 2011 (Jamie Scarrow/Bruce, Canberra, Australia)15. STEAM FROM MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, October 2009 (Steve Ross/Nixa, Missouri)16. AN ANHINGA EMERGES TO SWALLOW HIS DINNER Jacksonville, Florida, June 2011 (Savannah Whitwam/Jacksonville, Florida)17. KING PENGUINS South Georgia, November 2010 (Jamie Scarrow/Bruce, Canberra, Australia)18. A PRAYING MANTIS AS THE SUN RISES OVER THE EVERGLADES Everglades National Park, Florida (Paul Marcellini/Miami, Florida)19. MOONRISE OVER NORTHERN LIGHTS Northern Alaska, March 2011 (Ben Hattenbach/Los Angeles, California)20. CLAMMING AT THE OREGON COAST Garibaldi, Oregon, June 2010 (Lucy Chien/Alexandria, Virginia)21. WOMEN MAKING TRADITIONAL ART Rajasthan, India, November 2010 (Chetan Soni/MadhyaPradesh, India)22. SUNSET CLAMMING Xiapu, Fujian, China, January 2009 (Jia Han Dong/Parsippany, New Jersey)23. THREE FISHERMAN ON INLE LAKE Inle Lake, Myanmar, January 2011 (David Lazar/Brisbane, Australia)24. HOUSE COLLAGE Sikkim, West Bengal, October 2010 (Shyamal Das/Kolkata, India)25. PACKED IN THE CABIN OF A TRAIN TO JODPHUR Jaipur, India, January 2011 (Ho Lee/Hong
