Winners of Smithsonian Magazine’s 2018 Photo Contest

Alan Taylor
April 2, 2019
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Selected from more than 48,000 entries, the winning photographs from Smithsonian magazine’s 16th annual competition have been announced. The Grand Prize winner this year, Newest Cowboy in Town, comes from the Mississippi-based photographer Rory Doyle. Below are the winning images from the following categories: Natural World, The American Experience, Travel, People, Altered Images, and Mobile, as well as the Readers’ Choice winner. Captions were written by the photographers.

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Altered Image: GRVTY2 No. 4. Imagine, dream, bend, and break the rules. My photo series GRVTY2 tries to see the world in an unexpected way. Places you see every day, either by traveling or on a screen, are turned into something else. #

© Daniel Garay. All rights reserved.

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The American Experience: The Painful Aftermath. A little over a month after fires ripped through Santa Rosa, California, in 2017, the long and painful process of rebuilding began. Many people didn't survive the horrendous fires in Northern California, and thousands lost their homes. #

© Jassen Todorov. All rights reserved.

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People: Carrying. Young boys in Trapani, Italy, assist in carrying heavy floats bearing sculptures that depict scenes from the Passion of Christ during the day-long Misteri di Trapani procession on Good Friday. #

© Willem Kuijpers. All rights reserved.

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