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The 14th Annual Smithsonian Photo Contest - Finalists

2Step by Step © joão Borges

Finalists: People

3TV School © Alisson Gontijo

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The Longing of an Opera Artist © Nick Ng

5Break Time © Sharon Castellanos

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Cormorant Fisherman © Duangmon C

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Violence in El Salvador © Javier Arcenillas

8116 © Arek Rataj

9Untitled (or The Straight Path) © Folco Salani

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Atocha © Javier Arcenillas

11Red © Gareth Bragdon

12Firewalking © Binh Duong

Finalists: Travel

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All Souls' Day © Md. Khalid Rayhan Shawon

14Ramadan Prayers © Pradeep Raja

15Take Me Away, Deer! © Kamil Nureev

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Individual Communication © Peter Nutkins

17Munnar © Mustafa AbdulHadi

18Lighting the Old Man © Garry Ridsdale

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Morning Call © Gunarto Gunawan

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Cádiz Streets © Aya Okawa

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Beautiful But Fading Light © Yuen Hung Neoh

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Turtle-Back Ride © Michael B

Finalists: Natural World

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Yellow-Flecked Sipo © Claire Waring

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Father Calling © Karthik AK

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Dream © Mario Gustavo Fiorucci

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The Hidden Murder © Swaroop Singha Roy

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Swamp Raccoon © Kim Aikawa

28Bestas © Javier Arcenillas

29Look Me in the Eye © Prelena Soma Owen

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Flying © Lina Samoukova

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Splash © Nayan Behera

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Brown-Eyed Beauty © Lynda Hanwella

Finalists: Sustainable Travel

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Big Life Foundation Dog Security Team Bloodhound Bone © Mattie Simas

34Sustainable Future © ben hicks

35Golden Monkey Surveying the Area © John Beckman

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Keel-Billed Toucan © Dennis Zaebst

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A Man Looks Out the Door © Greta Rybus

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Jakobshavn Melt © Kerry Koepping

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Soaring Crane © Marc Toso

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Nevada Solar One © Jassen Todorov

41Where Water Once Flowed © Aya Okawa

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Love Me, Love Me Not © Paul Barson

Finalists: Altered Images

43Orangutan © Alexandra Cearns

44Snow Geese at Bosque del Apache © Lee Levin-Friend

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Improvisation © Jim Mneymneh

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Dreaming Matera © Alessandro Cocca

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Winter Metamorphosis© Кровлин Krovlin

48Shelter Pets Project - Peggy Sue © Tammy Swarek

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Winter Is Coming © Pedro Jarque Krebs

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The Beauty of Tokyo at Night © Liam Wong

51The Bear Odd Couple © Alfonso Dominguez

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Volando en las nubes del agua © Luis Henry Agudelo Cano

Finalists: Mobile

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Noon © Jian Wang

54Kids at Play © Philip Am Guay

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Snowflakes © rekha Bobade

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Into the Woods © vickson dasan

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Rainy Day © Aung Ko Latt

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High Tide© Sofia Verzbolovskis

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Long Cow© Pier Luigi Dodi

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Surreal © Alina Rudya

61An Old Man © Kyaw Kyaw Winn

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To Be Proud Of © Andrei Gorbatiuc

Finalists: The American Experience

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Before the Portrait © Stephanie Foden

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Resting in an NYC Laundry Room © Milan Sachs

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This Party's a Drag © Maxwell Harvey-Sampson

66Prom Night © Trinja Henrickson

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Singing for Big Mama © Jared Johnson

68Last Dance © Amy Sacka

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Farm Girl Swimming Pool © Kristen Chapman

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Texas Winter © Jassen Todorov

71Paper Mill © Jassen Todorov

March 1, 2017 王文堯 Kaohsiung Taiwan R.O.C All photos were taken from Smithsonian Magazine.Sound : Shayne Ward - Someone to Love

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