2015 Photo Awards
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In association with Nature's Best Photography
Great Egret. Photo: Melissa Groo/Audubon Photography Awards
Participants: More than 2,300
Images entered: Nearly 9,000
Categories: Amateur, Professional, Fine Art, Youth
Entrants from: 50 states, 7 provinces, District of Columbia
Judging Criteria: Technical quality, originality, artistic merit
Kenn Kaufman: Bird-guide author, Audubon field editor
Joel Sartore: National Geographic and Audubon Photographer
Steve Freligh: Co-publisher of Nature's Best Photography
Kevin Fisher: Audubon creative director
Sabine Meyer: Audubon photography director
Update, November 17, 2015 — The winners of the 2015 Audubon Photography Awards are currently featured in the Nature’s Best Photography exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. They will be displayed as part of the collection for the next year.
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Red-and-green Macaw. Photo: Andrew Zuckerman
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Royal Tern. Photo: Steve Ando/Audubon Photography Awards
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Brown Pelican rookery. Photo: J. Henry Fair
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