While big fans of cameras, outside of the World Press Photo exhibition we check out every year in Amsterdam, we don’t usually keep up on every photography contest. The National Geographic photography contest however, is different than most. NG has featured some of the greatest photo essays in history and therefore, it only seems appropriate to find the best of their best every year. So after receiving more than 200,000 submissions, a panel of National Geographic judges has selected the winners in their fourth annual global photography contest. To break it down, each country held national contests and, in the final round, sent one photo from each of the three categories to National Geographic’s Washington headquarters for judging. The winner received a LEICA D-LUX 4.
More of our favorites after the jump.
