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Smithsonian
magazine's 22nd Annual Photo Contest
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2023 Winners
2023 Winners
Grand Prize
Woman Sitting Under the American Flag
Sharlie Brown
#africanamerican
#americana
#americanwoman
#art
#culture
#fashion
#north carolina
#united states of america
Readers' Choice
Huli Tribesman
Roberto Pazzi
#culture
#huli
#oceania
#papua
#papua new guinea
#people
#travel
Natural World
Baby Alligator Floating in a Pond
Kent Stuart
#alligators
#everglades national park
#florida
#hkentstuart
#united states of america
Travel
Looking at Each Other
Xiujian Zhou
#china
#museum
People
Archie at Club Ebony
Rory Doyle
##american
#blues
#cowboy
#mississippi
#music
#portrait
#united states of america
The American Experience
Coyote Silver
Cortney Armitage
#california
#desert
#joshuatreapark
#rocknroll
#united states of america
Artistic
Dark City 6
Michel Kharoubi
##women~silhouette
#france
Drone/Aerial
Rooftop Journey
Azim Khan Ronnie
#bangladesh
#dhaka
#launch
#people
#ship
Finalists
NATURAL WORLD
Sandra Lim
Milkweed Tussock Caterpillars
#michigan
Olav Thokle
The Family
#cub
#kenya
#safari
William Halladay
Scarlet Macaw Peekaboo
#costa rica
Mark Levitin
Merapi
#indonesia
#lava
#volcano
Hira Punjabi
Sorry for Eating
#animal
#ape
#uganda
Kent Stuart
Baby Alligator Floating in a Pond
#everglades national park
#florida
Dr Johan J Botha
Secretary bird Swallowing
#botswana
Peter O'Hara
The Ice Mushroom
#canada
#frozen
#winter
Krisztina Mácsai
The Conductor
#hungary
#macro
#spider
Deena Sveinsson
Da Feet
#colorado
#winter
TRAVEL
Nina Kloss
Sunset at Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto
#japan
#kyoto
#sunset
Somenath Mukhopadhyay
Leaf Life
#costume
#india
#people
#travel
#tribal
Somenath Mukhopadhyay
Rose Walk
#cooking
#india
#people
Peter O'Hara
Glacier Explorer
#canada
#glacier
#ice
Giulia Pietroletti
Palazzo Chigi in Ariccia
#art
#historic
#italy
#palace
Alexandra Thannhäuser
In Between
#germany
Kyaw Zay Yar Lin
Toddy Palm Climber
#candid
#myanmar
#people
#travel
Xiujian Zhou
Looking at Each Other
#china
#museum
Benedetta Ristori
The Fisherman
#architecture
#film
#france
Clerio Back
Skate Park
#beach
#california
#sunset
PEOPLE
Hezy Holzman
Haredim in Prayer
#israel
#shadow
Rumela De
Mahakali
#india
Rona Ahdout
SPEAK
#model
#portrait
#woman
Rory Doyle
Archie at Club Ebony
#blues
#cowboy
#mississippi
#music
#portrait
K.Deniz Kalaycı
Hug
#documentary
#human
Mark Levitin
Honey Hunter
#bee
#honey
#man
#nepal
Diana Ishii
Contrast of Time: Echoes of Tradition and Youth
#contrast
#culture
#indonesia
#portrait
Frederic Aranda
John Macfarlane
#united kingdom
Michael Snyder
Drag Queen Duo
#appalachia
#drag
#maryland
Roberto Pazzi
Huli Tribesman
#culture
#papua new guinea
#people
#travel
THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Jonathan Castillo
Romanian Kosher Sausage Company
#chicago
#illinois
#interior
Tony Le
Among Us
#california
#surreal
Chaz Niell
Soul of a Woman
#district of columbia
Donald Blest
A New Perspective
#new york
Michael Snyder
Eating Apples
#appalachia
#apple
#dog
#farm
#pennsylvania
Deena Sveinsson
The Fast and the Furriest
#moose
#mountains
#water
#wyoming
Sharlie Brown
Woman Sitting Under the American Flag
#art
#culture
#fashion
#north carolina
Rik Katz
Giant Balls Released at Cold Play Concert
#concert
#music
#outdoors
#washington
Virginia Hines
Paul's Bar
#adobe
#architecture
#bar
#new mexico
Cortney Armitage
Coyote Silver
#california
#desert
ARTISTIC
Alex Slosberg
Traveling by Light
#california
Sritam Kumar Sethy
Surrounded by Yellow
#festival
#holi
#india
#macro
Michel Kharoubi
Dark City 6
#france
Uku Sööt
Rectangles and Lines
#spain
Natalie Strohmaier
Dancing Queens
#creative
#flower
#germany
Irina Denisova
Geometry of blue
#australia
#portrait
Fenqiang Liu
Love Language
#florida
Robert Berdan
Callus Remover
#abstract
#canada
Olufemi Olaiya
The Triumphant
#united kingdom
Irina Petrova Adamatzky
Alien Mimicry
#insect
#mantis
#united kingdom
DRONE/AERIAL
An Li
Relaxing in Ice
#chicago
#illinois
#sunrise
#winter
Shyjith Onden Cheriyath
Cultural Adventure
#aerial
#culture
#people
#united arab emirates
Madhusudan Hari
A Natural Hot Springs
#aerial
#iceland
#nature
Silke Hullmann
The Dance of the Flamingos
#helicopter
#kenya
Maria Plotnikova
Burning of the Tower of Babel
Duc Bui Viet
Folk Games
#people
#vietnam
Andrea Izzotti
The Golden Path
#beach
#mexico
#ocean
#san
#wave
Azim Khan Ronnie
Rooftop Journey
#bangladesh
#dhaka
#launch
#people
#ship
Tao Hua
Bull Market
#bull
#china
#market
Mohammad Hossein Moheimani
Car Tire Warehouse
#aerial