Saturday, February 2, 2008

Travel photography: winning visions



The best travel photographs of 2007, as chosen jointly by ‘Wanderlust’ magazine and ‘The Independent’. Each category winner earns a photo assignment in South Australia.

People

The runner-up was the work of Jeff Wilson: three wise men scanning for snow leopards in the Hindu Kush of Pakistan. “Chitrali men employed as wildlife rangers can spend hours squatting like this, noticing the minutiae of their surroundings – crucial when looking for an animal as well camouflaged as a snow leopard. They can spot the creature more than a kilometre away.”

Source: The Independent

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