Travel Portraits—Week 8 Gallery
Browse our editors' favorite submissions to the photo contest.
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- Miss Confidence
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- Ruth stands in her newly won sash and tiara in her one room apartment that she shares with two other people. Ruth is three feet tall. She entered an able-bodied beauty pageant ‘Miss Fabulous Kenya’ competing against hundreds of women. After three intense rounds she walked away with one of the top three prizes ‘Miss Confidence’. The pageant awarded her 5,000 Kenya Shillings, which paid for one months rent in her apartment.
Photo and caption by Mia Collis
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Category: Travel Portraits
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- Looking Back in Time
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- Looking Back in Time
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- While walking down the street in Old Havana, I was invited into this elderly woman's home. She was lying in bed and told me she wasn't feeling well. She asked if I had any aspirin which I did have in my purse. As I bent over to give it to her, I noticed this photograph on the nightstand beside her bed. It was taken of her many years before lying in the very same bed. I thought this was very cool.
Photo and caption by Terri Gross
Location: Havana, Cuba
Category: Travel Portraits
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- Old Smile
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- One of the crafts which Lombok is famous for is textile weaving. This old lady was shot at the the small, traditional village that produces these unique and beautiful craftsmanship. Lombok - indonesia
Photo and caption by Rio Murti
Location: lombok Indonesia
Category: Travel Portraits
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- Now, We Drink Chai
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- Now, We Drink Chai
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- No trip to India is complete without an aromatic cup of Chai Masala. But for me, this was an experience to remember. After discussing life with the store owner and eventually walking away with a few packets of Jodhpur's finest chai, this young boy offered my a cup of delicious hot chai. He then sat down across from me and said "Now, we drink chai".
Photo and caption by Justin Pearson
Location: Jodhpur, India
Category: Travel Portraits
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- Third Place Winner: Devotees
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- During the Easter holy celebration called “Misteri” in Trapani, the devotees carry the scenes of Christ’s passion on their shoulders all night long. When the day comes they take a break. National Geographic contributing photographer Alexandra Avakian, one of this year's judges, shares her thoughts on the third place winner: The light on the icon of Jesus is as critical to the success of this picture as the varied expressions on the men’s faces after an exhausting night carrying statues depicting the Passion of Christ. Recognizing when and how to balance different kinds of light in the same photo is something that can make the difference between a muddy and uninteresting picture and one that’s good, aesthetic, and full of content. This picture was taken at the port in the tuna-fishing town of Trapani, Sicily—a land known for its religious processions. The photographer was working at dawn to take this shot, often a necessity in any coverage of a place and/or event.
Photo and caption by Andrea Guarneri
Location: Trapani, Sicily, Italy
Category: Travel Portraits
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- The great determination
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- The great determination
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- The Thaipusam devotees would shave their heads (chaulam) during the Thaipusam before their spiritual journey to fulfil vows and as a symbol of humility and penance. I choose to portrait this honest moment during hair shaving to etch out his inner heart and high level of spiritual commitment towards his fulfillment of his vows to the Lord from his eyes. His eyes demonstrated the spiritual energy, courage and willpower, the confidence to undertake any work or fulfil any dream.
Photo and caption by yew kiat soh
Location: Batu Caves, Malaysia
Category: Travel Portraits
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- Boa Village, Solomon Islands
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- Boa Village, Solomon Islands
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- I was invited to a friends wedding in the Solomon islands. I had the honour of spending 4 days in a very remote village only accessible by boat. Our hut was a few hundred feet into the forrest from the shoreline. After dinner I could see these amazing colours coming through the trees and i quickly grabbed my camera and ran to the beach. To my great surprise some of the chidden in the village were jumping rope. I played with my setting until I got a nice balance of motion and exposure. What an amazing evening.
Photo and caption by Philip Lanyon
Location: Boa Village, Solomon islands
Category: Travel Portraits
