Over 9,200 photos were submitted to the 2014 National Geographic Photo Contest from over 150 countries. The grand prize winner was Brian Yen of Hong Kong for his photo "A Node Glows in the Dark" showing a woman illuminated by her phone on a crowded train. The winners were judged on creativity and quality, with the grand prize receiving $10,000 and a trip to National Geographic headquarters. First place winners in each category of people, places, and nature received $2,500 and had their photo published in National Geographic magazine.

1. The Winners of the 2014
National Geographic
Photo Contest

2. More than 9,200 entries were submitted from over 150 countries, with
professional photographers and amateur photo enthusiasts across the globe
participating. Photographs were submitted in three
categories: people, places and nature. The competition was judged on
creativity and photographic quality by a panel of experts including National
Geographic photographers John Stanmeyer and Erika Larsen, as well as Keith
Jenkins, Nat Geo’s General Manager of Digital.
A photo of a woman spotlighted by the glow of her phone on a crowded train
was chosen as the grand prize winner of the 2014 National Geographic Photo
Contest. The photo, titled “A Node Glows in the Dark,” was shot at Ocean Park
in Hong Kong. The photographer, Brian Yen of Hong Kong, tells National
Geographic, “I feel a certain contradiction when I look at the picture. On the
one hand, I feel the liberating gift of technology. On the other hand, I feel
people don’t even try to be neighborly anymore, because they don’t have to.”
The grand prize winner receives $10,000 and a trip to National Geographic
headquarters in Washington, D.C., to participate in the annual National
Geographic Photography Seminar in January 2015. The first place winner in
each category receives $2,500 and his/her winning photograph will be
published in National Geographic magazine.

3. 1. Grand Prize and People Winner
– A node glows in the dark
Brian Yen

4. 2. Nature Winner – The
great migration
Nicole Cambré

5. 3. Places Winner – Bathing in
Budapest
Triston Yeo

6. 3
4. Honorable Mention Nature – Untitled
Christian Miller

7. 3
5. Honorable Mention Nature – Muscle Power
Archna Singh

8. 3
6. Honorable Mention
People – Biltigiri
Mattia Passarini

9. 3
7. Honorable Mention Nature – Stag Deer
Bellowing
Prashant Meswani

10. 8. Honorable Mention Nature
– Shoulder Creek
Henrik Nilsson

11. 3
9. Honorable Mention People – Waiting
Roberto Fiore

12. 3
10. Honorable Mention Places – The Storm
Aytül AKBAŞ

13. 3
11. Honorable Mention Places – Tokyo –
Shinagawa Station
Peter Franc

14. 3
12. Honorable Mention People – My brothers and I
Tyler G

15. 3
13. Honorable Mention Places –
Destroyed Homs
Sergey Ponomarev

16. 3
14. Honorable Mention Nature – Zebras and
the rim of the Crater
Zik Teo