These Are The Finalists Of The Smithsonian Photo Contest, And Their Photos Are Breathtaking

Every year Smithsonian magazine announces a photo contest, and 2017 was no exception, with 48,000 submissions from photographers in 155 countries and territories, this annual contest has gifted us breathtaking pictures from six different categories: Travel, Altered Images, Mobile, Natural World, People, and The American Experience.

Read more Finalists: Altered Images Rhino From Chitwan

Renewal

Salt Field Workers

Life Directions

Simple Motions

Stairs

Finalists: Travel Making Incense

Red Chili Pepper Pickers

Leather Drying in Dhaka

Umbrella Market

Downstairs

Boatman

Roman Goods

Breakfast at the Weekly Market

Finalists: Mobile: Birthplace of Statue

NYC

Beat the Heat

Working in the Dockyard

A Perfect Flutter

Finalists: Natural World Joy

Ray of Zeus

Bear and Salmon

Seahorse

Affection

Seeing Double

Sardines in the Sun

Finalists: People Green

Care

El Clot (The Hole), Gypsy Wedding

Rain

Feliz Navidad

Swimming

Finalists: The American Experience After a Long Day

Hunting

My Post-Irma Street

Bow Girls

Untitled

Backyard

Intersection

Split Screen