Nature's Best Photography
Encyclopedia
Nature's Best Photography is a magazine
based in Reston, Virginia
. Its primary focus is to inspire greater understanding and stewardship of nature
through the art of photography
.
Launched as an annual publication
in 1995 by current Editor-in-Chief and Publisher Stephen B. Freligh, Nature's Best Photography is now published semi-annually on high-quality glossy oversized paper.
In 1996, the Nature's Best International Photography Awards (now the Nature's Best Photography Windland Smith Rice
International Photography Awards) was created as an annual competition to recognize outstanding nature photography and foster the efforts of photographers worldwide, as well as further conservation
awareness. Past winners and honorees of the competition include Rodney Lough Jr.
, Jeremy Woodhouse, Fritz Pölking
, Kevin Schafer, Howard G. Buffett and Thorsten Milse. Today, the competition has grown to be recognized as one of the world's most respected photo competitions. Select competition winners' photographs are exhibited annually at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
in Washington, D.C.
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
based in Reston, Virginia
Reston, Virginia
Reston is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, within the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The population was 58,404, at the 2010 Census and 56,407 at the 2000 census...
. Its primary focus is to inspire greater understanding and stewardship of nature
Nature
Nature, in the broadest sense, is equivalent to the natural world, physical world, or material world. "Nature" refers to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general...
through the art of photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
.
Launched as an annual publication
Annual publication
An annual publication, more often called simply an annual, is a book or a magazine, comic book or comic strip published yearly. For example, a weekly or monthly publication may produce an Annual featuring similar materials to the regular publication....
in 1995 by current Editor-in-Chief and Publisher Stephen B. Freligh, Nature's Best Photography is now published semi-annually on high-quality glossy oversized paper.
In 1996, the Nature's Best International Photography Awards (now the Nature's Best Photography Windland Smith Rice
Windland Smith Rice
Sandra Windland "Wendy" Smith Rice was an American photographer well known for her work in nature and animals.-Biography:Rice was the first child of Frederick W. Smith, founder of FedEx. FedEx's first plane in 1973 was named Wendy after her....
International Photography Awards) was created as an annual competition to recognize outstanding nature photography and foster the efforts of photographers worldwide, as well as further conservation
Conservation movement
The conservation movement, also known as nature conservation, is a political, environmental and a social movement that seeks to protect natural resources including animal, fungus and plant species as well as their habitat for the future....
awareness. Past winners and honorees of the competition include Rodney Lough Jr.
Rodney Lough Jr.
Rodney Lough Jr. is an American landscape photographer and gallery owner.-Life and career:After receiving a Brigham Young University Outstanding Achievement Scholarship, he earned a Master of Science in Statistics from Brigham Young University in 1988, and began his professional life as a...
, Jeremy Woodhouse, Fritz Pölking
Fritz Pölking
Fritz Pölking was a German nature photographer , author and book publisher.- Biography :...
, Kevin Schafer, Howard G. Buffett and Thorsten Milse. Today, the competition has grown to be recognized as one of the world's most respected photo competitions. Select competition winners' photographs are exhibited annually at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
National Museum of Natural History
The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. Admission is free and the museum is open 364 days a year....
in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....