The Winners of the 2014 National Geographic Photo Contest

National Geographic have just announced their winners of their annual photo contest. As you can imagine the standard of the photography is as always astonishing, as they capture their subjects and locations perfectly.

As made clear by these photos it’s not always the subject in the image but also the story and motive behind the taking of the picture. The first photo by Brian Yen highlights a world in which we are all connected online yet so isolated from each other in the real world. These are apparently the best of 2014 and each of them is powerful and striking in their own unique way.

Photo by Brian Yen

Photo by Henrik Nilsson

Photo by Karie Puret

Photo by Nicole Cambre

Photo by Mattia Passarini

Photo by Aytul Akbas

Photo by Maie Kirnmann

Photo by Abdullah Alghajar

Photo by Archna Singh

Photo by Peter Franc

Photo by Nicholas Riley

Photo by Sergey Ponomarev

Photo by Prashant Meswani

Photo by Tyler Greenfield

Photo by Triston Yeo

Photo by Zikri Teo

Photo by Roberto Fiore

Photo by Christian Miller

Photo by Adam Birkan

For more information on each photograph visit theatlantic.com

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