https://mymodernmet.com/smithsonian-magazine-photo-contest-winners/
"The winners of the 17th Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show slices
of life from around the world. From Vietnam to Antarctica, these
photographers use their cameras to document important moments in time.
This year’s winning, taken in Hanoi by British photographer Jon Enoch,
is especially telling. Enoch traveled to Vietnam in order to capture the
bikers who transport heaps of merchandise piled on their motorbikes. His
photo of one driver expertly balancing pet fish on the back of his bike
won him first prize. It’s an image that crystallizes a tradition, one
that may not exist for much longer. Hanoi has plans to ban motorbikes by
2030 to cut down on emissions, something that is wonderful for the
environment but will certainly change how business gets done.
Other winning photographs focus on a different type of change,
specifically environmental evolutions. Conor Ryan won the Natural World
category for his striking photo of an Adélie penguin perched on an
iceberg in Antarctica. As sea ice shrinks due to warmer temperatures,
these penguins are losing their habitat. In fact, over the past 25
years, their population has shrunk by 65%.
Natnattcha Chaturapitamorn’s winning photograph of an ice tower in
Greenland tells a similar tale. Located in Disko Bay, the spire of ice
is photographed as it reflects the beautiful colors of the sunset. The
incredible aesthetics of the photograph, however, don’t hide the fact
that Greenland is experiencing record levels of ice melt. This could
spell disaster for the island, which sees three-quarters of its land
covered by this ice."
Via Stuart Richman and Paul Ferguson.
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