The 24th annual National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest is in full swing. The entry deadline has been extended until July 11. The four categories include: Travel Portraits; Outdoor Scenes; Sense of Place and Spontaneous Moments. Last year's contest drew nearly 13,000 images from all over the world. The pictures are as diverse as their authors, capturing an assortment of people, places and wildlife - everything that makes traveling so memorable, evoking a sense of delight and discovery. The following post includes a small sampling of the entrant's work, taken from the editor's picks in each of the categories. (The captions are written by the entrants, some slightly corrected for readability.) And for fun, take a look back at the winners from 2011 at National Geographic Traveler. -- Paula Nelson (54 photos total)
SPONTANEOUS MOMENTS - Marrakech Traveler: It was mid-morning and he must have wanted to ride into the light. I was shooting for the ABC TV show Born to Explore when I snapped this photo. (John Barnhardt/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
- ABC
- Afghanistan
- afghanistan africa
- Agra
- ALL SMILES
- Amazon
- Amy Sacka
- Ancient Forest
- Angelo Cirrincione
- Anh Kiet
- Australia
- Baobab
- Bolivia
- Born
- Bosnia
- Boston Globe
- Bozeman
- Brazil
- Brian Yen
- Broken Hill
- Bulgaria
- Camila Massu
- Cape Town
- Chile
- Colin Roohan
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Darrell Lew
- Ecuador
- Eric Kruszewski
- Ethiopia
- Explore
- Fabulous Kenya
- Faroe Islands
- Fred An
- Gasadalur
- Gopal Patil
- Havana
- Hospitality
- Howard Stanton
- iPhone
- James Kao
- Japan
- Jian Lou
- Jim Seiler
- Joan Stiehl
- John Barnhardt
- Kamil Tamiola
- Kathryn Quenneville
- Ken Bower
- Ken Thorne
- Koekohe Beach
- Laura Grier
- Lucas Mello
- Lydia Isnanto
- Madagascar
- Marcus Haid
- Maria de la Guardia
- Mark Timmermans
- Mia Collis
- Miles Rowland
- Minnesota
- Morondava
- Mykines
- Naomi Zatorowski
- National Geographic Society
- National Geographic Traveler
- National Geographic Traveler
- Nenad Saljic
- New Year's Day
- New York City
- New Zealand
- NY Times Co.
- Old Town
- Patrick Lipsker
- Paula Nelson
- Portland
- Pullman
- religion science society sports technology
- religion science society sports technology
- Sicily
- snowboarding
- Soccer Championship
- South Africa
- South Island
- Sucre
- Table Mountain
- Terri Gross
- West Coast
- west coast
- Western Highlands
2011 was a year of global tumult, marked by widespread social and political uprisings, economic crises, and a great deal more. We saw the fall of multiple dictators, welcomed a new country (South Sudan), witnessed our planet's population grow to 7 billion, and watched in horror as Japan was struck by a devastating earthquake, a tsunami, and a nuclear disaster. From the Arab Spring to Los Indignados to Occupy Wall Street, citizens around the world took to the streets in massive numbers, protesting against governments and financial institutions, risking arrest, injury, and in some cases their lives. Collected here is Part 3 of a three-part photo summary of the last year, covering 2011's last months. Be sure to also see Part 1, and Part 2, totaling 120 images in all. [40 photos]
Occupy Wall Street protesters march and hold signs in New York City on September 17, 2011. Frustrated protesters had been speaking out against corporate greed and social inequality on and near Wall Street for the previous two weeks, further sparking a protest movement that spread across the world. Original here. (CC BY SA Carwil Bjork-James)
- 25th Infantry Division
- 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force
- Afghanistan
- Alexander Samokutyayev
- Andrey Borisenko
- Andrija Ilic
- Anti-Qaddafi
- Anti-Syrian
- AP Photo/Green Renaissance-World Wildlife Fund
- Apple
- Arizona Diamondbacks
- Asia Pacific
- Associated Press
- Ayutthaya
- Azra Karaduman
- Bahrain
- Bahraini government
- Barcelona
- Barclays
- Barry Ambrose
- Bashar Assad
- Bobby Yip
- Brazil
- Brennan Linsley
- Brian Nguyen
- Bryce
- Cairo
- California
- Cecilio Ricardo
- cellular telephone
- Chao Phraya River
- Colorado
- Dan Wheldon
- Davis
- Denver
- Digri
- Don Emmert
- Dzhezkazgan
- Eastern Cape
- Eastern Cape
- Egypt
- Egypt's military
- Emilio Morenatti
- Expedition
- Faroe Islands
- Felipe Dana
- Getty Images
- Getty Images
- Goran Tomasevic
- Gulf island
- Hasan Jamali
- Hawaii
- Helmand
- Homs
- Homs
- Honda
- Honduras
- Hosni Mubarak
- Hyderabad
- Indianapolis
- Indianapolis 500
- Iraq
- Janko Tipsarevic
- Japan
- Jeffrey Phelps
- Jimmy Leeward
- John Moore
- John Pike
- Jonathan Mak
- Jordan
- Jose Tomas
- Justin Hathaway
- Justin Lane
- Kazakhstan
- Kenneth A. Fischer
- Kent Nishimura
- Kevin Lamarque
- Khalil Hamra
- Kim Il-sung
- laptop computer
- Las Vegas
- LeBron James
- Libya
- Libya
- Limpopo
- Linda Katehi
- London
- Majid Saeedi
- Manama
- Maqsha
- Mark Behl
- Mark Lennihan
- Mass media
- Matt Dunham
- Miami
- Miami Heat
- Michael Regan
- Milwaukee
- Milwaukee Brewers
- Muammar al-Gaddafi
- Muammar Qaddafi
- Muhammed Muheisen
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Basketball Association
- National League
- National Transitional Council
- NBA
- NBA
- Nevada
- New York
- New York City
- New York City police
- Nick Galloro
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- North Korea
- Occupy London Stock Exchange
- Occupy Wall Street
- Pakistan
- Pat Carter
- Per Johansson
- Politics
- Pyongyang
- race car
- Reno
- Reuters
- Reuters Television
- Rio de Janeiro
- Robert David Peraza
- Robert Peraza
- Robotville
- Rock in Rio
- Ron Garan
- San Francisco
- Scott Olsen
- Semiha
- Serbia
- Sergei Ilnitsky
- Sirte
- South Africa
- Space Expeditionary Task Force-Iraq and U.S. Forces-Iraq Provost Marshal Office
- Spain
- Stephen Lam
- Steve Jobs
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Syria
- tear gas
- tear gas canister
- Tegucigalpa
- Thailand
- the Rock in Rio
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- U.S. Forces-Iraq Provost Marshal Office
- U.S. military
- United Kingdom
- United Nations
- United Nations Population Fund
- United States
- University of Bologna
- University of California Davis police
- Wahiawa
- Ward Howes
- Washington
- Will Power
- Wisconsin
- World Championship
- World Trade Center
- Yemen
- Yovani Gallardo