2010 National Geographic Photography Contest Galleries

People Gallery—Week 8

View the winning shots in the People, Places, and Nature categories. Plus, browse weekly galleries.

party

Photo and caption by peter erichsen

party
Roadside cafe

Photo and caption by Eugene Zhulkov

This man is a seller in a small roadside cafe on the way from Delhi to Agra - only 25 rupees per cup of strong coffee and you'll be okey
holi

Photo and caption by konstantino hatzisarros

a woman in the most sacred temple of Vridavan in India during Holi, the festival of color
tibetan drifter

Photo and caption by konstantino hatzisarros

A portrait of a Tibetan man in Serxu in the Tibetan area of China
Waiting

Photo and caption by Flemming Danielsen

A young man is waiting for the courts sentence
Hot Shoe

Photo and caption by Graham Love

A blacksmith almost disappears in clouds of smoke as he shoes a horse at a farm in East Sussex, England.
maasai huddle

Photo and caption by kelly moore

Curious Maasai girls huddle around the camera in Naibor, Kenya.
The Lumbini School

Photo and caption by Sergi Barisashvili

Finding a Christian school in Lumbini, the Buddha’s birthplace, was quite a surprise for me. Buddhism is probably the most tolerant religion in the world. Lumbini, Nepal.
The Child in Us

Photo and caption by Sergi Barisashvili

Traveling from Zhangmu (Nepal-Tibet border) to the Tibetan capital - Lhasa you can see road workers all along the Friendship Highway. The Chinese industrialization has affected Tibet a great deal. But despite the Chinese government attempts to settle Chinese population across the Tibetan Plateau, the Roof of the World still remains a place where only the Tibetans can survive its harsh climate conditions. A Tibetan boy holding the hand of his father who works on the road construction, Tibet.
Indonesia, Java, Volcano Ijen: sulfur miner chocked by toxic fumes

Photo and caption by pierpaolo mittica

These Indonesian miners,in primitive conditions not seen in most places for more than a century,often wear no protection,carrying up to 100 kilos of sulfur on their shoulders,climbing steep rocky paths and descending the volcano for 3 kilometers,bare foot,twice daily,choking from stinking,toxic fumes.For this shortened, blinding, gagging life in hell,they are paid 6 Euros a day. These conditions destroy their lungs, eyes and other tissues.“We work in hell,” said the miners,“our eyes and lungs burn the whole day, but there’s nothing we can do. Otherwise, we’re scared we’ll have nothing to eat.”
The key of better days

Photo and caption by Martin van Doorn

A Palestinian man holding the key to his heart, once the key to his home - destroyed by Israeli Armed Forces.
Friends

Photo and caption by Manuel Taverne

Foto was shoot during the visit of the traditional folk music festival in Maria Luggau. These people are playing together in a folk music group. But where sitting as the a foreigner to each oterh.
In the Rain

Photo and caption by Kristopher Radder

A young child plays a game of cricket in a field when it starts to rain just outside of New Amsterdam, Guyana.
Arabic Dance

Photo and caption by Firas Abussaud

Arabic Dance. Dubai Mall
Heavy Lifting

Photo and caption by barbara salisbury

Two men use a bamboo yoke to lift a drum of molasses from the hold of a ship so that it can be carried to the shore at the Mandalay Tourist Jetty in Myanmar. Each drum weighs about 160 kg, nearly 320 pounds. In the high season, from October to April, about five to 10 boats come in each day, each holding several hundred metal drums. The men, who work from 8 a.m. until sunset, earn $18 to $20 a day for their labor.
Monk In Training

Photo and caption by barbara salisbury

A young monk in training walks through the sleeping quarters at the Kalaywa Tawyakyaung Scriptural Learning Centre and Monastic Education School in Yangon, Myanmar. The boys' living space is quite spartan. They sleep on thin sleeping mats that get rolled up and put away during the day. Each boy has a trunk with his belongings, and sheets hang on ropes to divide sleeping areas.
Teahouse in Kabul

Photo and caption by João Roberto Tajara

In downtown Kabul, teahouses are out in the streets. This group of tajik Afghans which came to sell their goods in the central market, gather to drink before starting the journey back to their mountain village.
Portrait of Emily

Photo and caption by Dustin Angell

This is a portrait of Emily. I took this photo beside a pond on a cold autumn day. Emily put her hands to her mouth to warm them with her breath.
time out

Photo and caption by majed ali

we was lucky to attend the annual festival in TOGO where the boys fight in two teams to know how is the strongest man in the country and then he can get married after he win - this photo is for one of the crowd after he through the powder in the air
mussel fishermen

Photo and caption by cesare naldi

Two fishermen harvest mussels in the gulf of Naples, Italy, just in front of the famous Castel dell'Ovo.
Everyone's a Hero

Photo and caption by Vincent Meron

Clark Kent spotted in a typical french wedding.
Image #2 (from Chilean football culture series)

Photo and caption by erik tanner

Amidst the road flares, confetti and police barricades, a Chilean soccer fan intently watches the match against Spain from the jumbotron on the corner of Moneda and Nueva York June 25.
The Goose Lady

Photo and caption by Zifeng Wei

A benevolent old lady guiding her geese on her way home after a day's work at the farm.
the power of look

Photo and caption by Pere Soler Isern

Made in a town near Kilimanjaro (Kenya), I had the luck that this lady wanted to pose for me and I could make this picture with his typical adornments.