From actors preparing for a Chinese opera performance to a beautiful fishing village in west Greenland, here are the winning images from this year’s National Geographic contest.
First, here’s “Greenlandic Winter,” a photo by Weimin Chu that won the Grand Prize of the competition. Chu’s photo captures the serenity and austere beauty of Upernavik, a small fishing village in northwestern Greenland.
For a very different view of human communities, here’s “Streets of Dhaka,” a photo by Sandipani Chattopadhyay that shows how crowded the streets in Dhaka get during Bishwa Ijtema, an annual Muslim congregation held in Bangladesh.
This photo from Jassen Todorov offers us a rare view of San Francisco’s International Airport, which, according to Todorov, was taken during a windy day and a very bumpy flight.
In first place in the “Nature” category, enjoy this splendid close-up of a griffon vulture in flight by Tamara Blazquez Haik.
The sheer elegance of nature and its many beasts is also on display in Scott Portelli’s photo of the dusky dolphins of New Zealand swimming in the ocean.
And finally, in the “People” category, here are some stunning photos, including the aptly-named “Mood,” a photo by Navin Vatsa of a boy in Delhi, India musing by the riverbank as thousands of seagulls fly behind him.
And “Showtime,” a backstage photo by Huaifeng Li of performers preparing for a Chinese opera performance. “Showtime” won first place in the “People” category.
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