H’Mong minority children in the top 11 of 2012 Photo Contest
A photo of H’Mong minority children playing with their balloons on a foggy day in Moc Chau in northern mountainous Son La province taken by Vietnamese photographer Vo Van Kiet has been awarded at the 2012 National Geographic Photo Contest.
It is one of the best eleven chosen from 12,000 entries.
The first prize went to Cedric Houin for his “Butterfly” photo of a woman and child sitting inside a yurt shot in the Kyrgyz lands of the Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan.
See some prize-winning photos below:
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"Butterfly" (by Cedric Houin) |
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H'Mong minority children (by Vo Anh Kiet) |
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During the Easter holy celebration called iMisterii in Trapani, the devotees carry the scenes of Christ's passion on their shoulders all night long. Only when the day comes do they take a break (by Andrea Guarner) |
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A child standing in an ancient forest of Baobab trees near the city of Morondava, on the West coast of Madagascar (by Ken Thorne) |
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Men sitting and talking to each other in Chefchaouen, Morocco (by SauKhiang Chau) |
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(by Camila Massu) |
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The village of G Sadalur with 16 residents and the island of Mykines (by Ken Bower) |
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The great Japanese maple tree in the Portland Japanese Gardens (by Fred An) |
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A farmer and livestock walk across Buddhist temples and pagodas in Bagan, Myanmar (by Peter DeMarco) |
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(by Lucia Griggi) |
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Northern Lights in Finnamark, Norway (by Michelle Schantz) |