Lol Museum - Captions. Smashing Picture. I'll make ya famous by RoofTopper. - StumbleUpon. The 50 Most Beautiful Natural Waterfalls in the World - StumbleUpon. Weekly Roundup: Libraries. National Geographic Photo Contest 2011 - Alan Taylor - In Focus - The Atlantic - StumbleUpon. National Geographic is currently holding its annual photo contest, with the deadline for submissions coming up on November 30.
For the past nine weeks, the society has been gathering and presenting galleries of submissions, encouraging readers to vote for them as well. National Geographic was kind enough to let me choose among its entries from 2011 for display here on In Focus. Gathered below are 45 images from the three categories of People, Places, and Nature, with captions written by the individual photographers. [45 photos] Use j/k keys or ←/→ to navigate Choose: World Press Photo Of The Year 2010 TotallyCoolPix - StumbleUpon. The World Press Photo Of The Year Contest is one of the most prestigious annual events for press photographers.
These are the winners in 2010. Read the descriptions underneath each image to find out more about the setting and the photographer.Warning: Some images are graphic in displaying the horror that can be human life.UPDATE: Check out our World Press Photo Of The Year 2011 edition. 101. Daniele Tamagni, a freelance photographer based in Italy, has won the 2nd Prize in the Arts and Entertainment Stories category with the series The Flying Cholitas in Bolivia: Lucha libre (Bolivian wrestling). The Top 50 Pictures of the Day for 2011 - StumbleUpon. Every day at 5pm the Sifter posts the Picture of the Day.
Below you will find a collection of the Sifter’s Top 50 from 2011. It’s hard to imagine the year is almost over, time seems to fly faster each successive year so it’s fun to take a moment and look back at the year that was. Click any of the pictures below to be taken to the individual post to learn more about the photographer and picture taken.