Back to the 14th Annual Contest >> Merit Prize Birte von Kampen says, “It was funny when I came upon all these mailboxes in a desolate area outside of Sedona, Arizona. I wondered, where are all the people? With everyone on e-mail, mailboxes are so nostalgic.” Von Kampen made the photograph during her last road trip before having a baby. © 2001 National Geographic Society. All rights reserved.