National Geographic has long been the leading periodical when it comes to photography – a magazine that all photographers around the world strive to be featured in.
As such, their annual photo contest is a prestigious and hotly-contested event, with judges having thousands of breathtaking images to choose from, to find the eventual winners.
This year’s grand prize winner was Jassen Todorov, a violinist and professor of music at San Francisco State University, whose aerial shot shows a vast boneyard in Southern California’s Mojave Desert. “I have flown and explored the Mojave Desert area quite a few times,” Jassen said about the winning shot. “There are several airports in the Mojave and at least 3-4 of them have large boneyards, which I have explored and photographed. It was my first photo flight over Southern California Logistics Airport. I had done some research using google maps, so I had a general idea of the position of the cars in relation to the airport.”
Other winners in the contest included Pim Volkers’ epic capture of wildebeests crossing Tanzania’s Mara River, which took the Wildlife prize, while Mia Collis’ portrait of a Kenyan photographer took first place in the People category.
You can scroll down below to check out all the winners below, and don’t forget to upvote and comment on your own favorites!
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