The Winners of the 2014 National Geographic

Photo Contest

More than 9,200 entries were submitted from over 150 countries, with professional photographers and amateur photo enthusiasts across the globe participating. Photographs were submitted in three categories: people, places and nature. The competition was judged on creativity and photographic quality by a panel of experts including National Geographic photographers John Stanmeyer and Erika Larsen, as well as Keith Jenkins, Nat Geo’s General Manager of Digital.A photo of a woman spotlighted by the glow of her phone on a crowded train was chosen as the grand prize winner of the 2014 National Geographic Photo Contest. The photo, titled “A Node Glows in the Dark,” was shot at Ocean Park in Hong Kong. The photographer, Brian Yen of Hong Kong, tells National Geographic, “I feel a certain contradiction when I look at the picture. On the one hand, I feel the liberating gift of technology. On the other hand, I feel people don’t even try to be neighborly anymore, because they don’t have to.”The grand prize winner receives $10,000 and a trip to National Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C., to participate in the annual National Geographic Photography Seminar in January 2015. The first place winner in each category receives $2,500 and his/her winning photograph will be published in National Geographic magazine.

1. Grand Prize and People Winner – A node glows in the dark

Brian Yen

2. Nature Winner – The great migrationNicole Cambré

3. Places Winner – Bathing in BudapestTriston Yeo

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4. Honorable Mention Nature – UntitledChristian Miller

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5. Honorable Mention Nature – Muscle PowerArchna Singh

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6. Honorable Mention People – BiltigiriMattia Passarini

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7. Honorable Mention Nature – Stag Deer BellowingPrashant Meswani

8. Honorable Mention Nature – Shoulder CreekHenrik Nilsson

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9. Honorable Mention People – WaitingRoberto Fiore

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10. Honorable Mention Places – The StormAytül AKBAŞ

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11. Honorable Mention Places – Tokyo –Shinagawa StationPeter Franc

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12. Honorable Mention People – My brothers and ITyler G

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13. Honorable Mention Places –Destroyed HomsSergey Ponomarev

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14. Honorable Mention Nature – Zebras and the rim of the CraterZik Teo