Nature's Best Photography
Windland Smith Rice International
Awards Exhibition Open until May 2, 2010
at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC

Out of tens of thousands of entries, winners have been selected in 19 categories including Grand Prize, Conservation Photographer of the Year, and Youth Photographer of the Year. All category Winners and a selection of the Highly Honored images are displayed in the annual photo exhibition of large-format prints with captions telling the stories behind the shots. Also accompanying the show is the HD video highlighting more of the amazing images submitted to the competition. Our mission is to inspire the millions of museum visitors to appreciate the wild through the art of nature photography.

The Collectors' Edition of Nature's Best Photography (right) is the collection of ALL the winners from the 2009 awards. On sale here or at the museum gift shops.

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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!

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