Nature's Best Photography
Windland Smith Rice International
Awards Exhibition for 2010

NEWS FROM THE EDITOR: After recent discussions with the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, we are thrilled to announce the new dates for the next Windland Smith Rice International Awards Exhibition. Beginning in April 2011 and running through September, all of the category Winners and selected Highly Honored images from the 2010 competition will be displayed as large-format prints with captions, accompanied by an HD video including more of the finalists. This decision to change from our past fall/winter exhibit schedule was made to present these extraordinary images at the peak visitation time for the museum. Washington DC is beautiful in the Spring and Summer and the new dates will allow greater opportunities for you to schedule a time to see the exhibition.

The History of the International Awards

Launched in 1996 at the Washington DC National Zoo, the Nature's Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards has now become a multi-year exhibition program at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History located on the National Mall, 1000 Madison Drive, NW, Washington, DC. The program has grown to become a very popular annual exhibition where enlarged photographic prints ranging in size from 2-foot by 3-foot to 4-foot by 6-foot are on view for at least six months. The exhibitions are located in the Special Exhibit Hall on the museum's second floor behind the Gem Store and next to the entrance of the Cultures Hall. Plan a visit to one of the most-visited museums in the world. FREE to the public!

The Fall Collectors' Editions of Nature's Best Photography magazine showcase the collection of all the finalists from the annaul Windland Awards. Magazines are on sale on the Publications page and at the Museum's gift shops.

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NOW ON SALE: NBP magazine Spring/Summer 2010 (right) features the Winners of the annual Ocean Views, Best Backyards, and Audubon Birds in Focus competitions, favorites from our Pictures of the Week and the Blog's Flickr Group, as well as images and the projects from our first group of Nature's Best Ambassadors: Gabby Salazar, Matt and Will Burrard-Lucas, Rick Stanley, and Dee Ann Pederson. There is also an interview with Alex Mody, the 2009 Youth Photographer of the Year.

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