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2008 Grand Prize Winner
Doug Steakley
Adventure
2008 Grand Prize Winner
Jim's Comments
With the clouds breaking just at sunrise, the air crisp and brittle on a cold, cold morning I can only imagine the photographer's overwhelming sense of reward. We persevere in our travels (rising early instead of staying in bed) because there is no substitute for being there when the magic happens.Steakley won a photo expedition for two to Tanzania and Zanzibar with a National Geographic expert. Steakley's photo was also published in the December 2008 issue of National Geographic magazine!
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energizer2008 winner 2
Felix Marquez
Festivals
Jim's Comments
I'm sure this military drill was a wonder to see in its rapid fire execution. But it is another wonder to see when held still in this photograph. Preparation, precision, and timing all coming together so wonderfully. (All which can also be said of the photographer. -
energizer2008 winner 3
Amanda Lease
People
Jim's Comments
It's a simple moment, perhaps that time at dawn before the camp awakes. Yet it captures part of our lives that we all can recognize, penetrating the conventions of standard people pictures to let us share that stillness of slumber. I hope the photographer's shutter was very, very quiet. -
energizer2008 winner 4
Wei-i Lei
Science
Jim's Comments
What a delicate, instantaneous water ballet! Glasslike, mirrored and highlighted for our inspection and delight, so that we might marvel in detail at their momentary perfection. Two sets of two drops really, one set falling into a clear pool, the next set arriving just in time to be pierced like jeweled crowns. Visually delicious. -
energizer2008 winner 5
Gregory Paulson
Space
Jim's Comments
Whether it is Einstein or Alice in Wonderland explaining it, space confounds us. Confronted with this alien landscape we seek some known parallel (Rice fields? Military defences?) before giving up in wonder and awe. (Answer: a dragonfly wing.) -
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Kevin McNeal
Travel
Jim's Comments
Capturing the sheer joy of being in the sweep of time is no easy task. Yet, here we are, in the water and in the moment, part of the enduring cycles of waves, sunsets and tides. The adventure is real and I would imagine the photographers got wet (but who cares!) -
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John Dorton
Weather
Jim's Comments
Storm clouds live out their dramas, their heroic advances and towering stands, their ragings and defeats, at breakneck and reckless speeds. Capturing this theater of the atmosphere is neither easy nor certain but here we are rewarded with all of it, painted red in the dying light. -
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Katherine Payne
Wildlife
Jim's Comments
No gem in a velvet box was ever so intriguing. I hardly know what to think of this creature, usually the subject of scorn and consternation, yet here so intricately constructed, so improbably white, with such bejeweled eyes. A photograph to make us reconsider our easy assumptions.
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Jim Richardson
Judging the contest will be award-winning photographer Jim Richardson, whose work has graced the pages of National Geographic and other publications.
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Jim Richardson's Gallery
National Geographic photographer Jim Richardson has travelled the world during his long career. Check out a selection of images from his travels!
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Categories
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Category 1Animals / Wildlife
Whether it's our family pet in the living room or magnificent wildlife in Africa, the animals and wildlife of our world bring us delight, affection and wonder. Winning pictures in this category will bring back all the personality, devotion, excitement, and shared experience we feel with our fellow beings on this planet.
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Category 2Nature / Weather
The natural world has always made great pictures. And the weather that shapes our environment can be a subject unto itself. Either way, pictures in Nature/Weather will focus on wilderness, landscapes (and seascapes), nature's incredible variety of flowers and plants, and the wonders of geology and geography. Weather, always part of our daily world, brings with it every emotion from awe to tranquility. Strong emotion in these scenes will set winning pictures apart. Note: Animal pictures belong in the Animals/Wildlife category. But a beautiful, grand landscape of Africa with the inevitable zebras in the distance belongs in Nature/Weather.
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Category 3Travel / Cultures
Our travels around the world bring us in contact with the incredible variety of human cultures. These pictures—whether of native dress, festivals, food, celebrations, history or architecture—will celebrate the vast and colorful variety of how people express their human nature and what they value, from one side of the planet to the other. Note: Interesting people and characters you meet while traveling belong in this category. Pictures of your family and their antics, even while traveling on vacation belong in the Family/Community category.
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Category 4Family / Community
Family/Community is about the people we know in our daily lives and the places where we live every day. This could be halfway around the world, but it's more likely in your hometown—or in your kitchen. Family, friends, children, grandparents, neighbors and complete strangers fill lives with humor, love, emotion and meaning. These pictures don't have to be close to home, but they should be close to our hearts.
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Category 5Arts / Music
New for this year, the Arts/Music category will feature pictures that celebrate how music and the arts enrich our lives. Concerts and art galleries would certainly qualify for this category, but so would intimate jazz sessions, pub music in Ireland, and high school marching bands. The arts are everywhere around us, from art fairs to Halloween pumpkin carving, from grand public art and murals to children's fanciful sidewalk chalk drawings. It's all welcome in Arts/Music.
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Category 6Action / Energy
When things move into high gear, when the picture is all about the energy and beauty of things in motion, when you can just feel the electricity of the action, that's Action/Energy. Sports action pictures are a natural for this category, but so are pictures of animals galloping at high speed, and the dogged efforts of the long distance runners. Pictures here will almost always show things happening. Keep it lively.
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The Galaway Inn was alive with Irish music, packed wall to wall with people and like all Irish pubs, very dark. My Energizer-powered flash units lit up the scene—the musicians kept playing, the energy was fantastic, the action never let up and my camera outlasted us all.
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