A visual love letter to New York - National Geographic Traveler’s photographer of the year contest.

[Surya Gayatri]

The city that never sleeps: National Geographic Traveler reveals the stunning shots of New York that are vying for its top photo prize

One of the astonishing pictures, taken by Jason Gregory, shows the underbelly of the Manhattan Bridge at night. Gregory set up on the Brooklyn side of the bridge and captured a long exposure as the lights of nearby buildings reflected off the glass-like East River.

An equally amazing photo submitted by Michele Palazzo shows a rare moment when New York's streets are empty. In her image, snow swirls around the Flatiron Building during Winter Storm Jonas last January.

The annual competition, which closed on Friday, celebrates the best in travel photography with submissions from around the world.



New York has one of the greatest skylines in the world, and its skyscrapers are especially fascinating when they're lit up at night


Photographer Jason Gregory set up on the Brooklyn side of the Manhattan Bridge and captured a long exposure using a 55mm prime lens


New York's Tribute in Light (pictured from a Brooklyn rooftop) honours the victims of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks


New York's famous Brooklyn Bridge, crowded with yellow cabs, and the Lower Manhattan skyline in the background


A rare moment when New York's streets are empty. Snow swirls around the Flatiron Building during Winter Storm Jonas last January

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For sheer scope and scale, no city in the world can match it. An astonishing photo anthem to a man-made monument.

[deathrind]

1. Beautiful images!

Thank you for the post!

Hope you are having a great holiday!

[Surya Gayatri]

2. You're welcome. It's raining buckets where I am, but still...it's all good.

[procon]

3. How spectacularly vivid and what beautiful colors!

I seldom travel these days, and sometimes I forget the seductive attraction of a big city. Living in the wide open expanse of a California desert, I occasionally miss the excitement, the visual feast that was life in a big city. There's no skyscrapers out here, but I get to enjoy some really remarkable weather events that offer gorgeous panorama skies to hit all the physical senses.

I don't have neon, but the surrounding hills are carpeted with brilliantly colored wildflowers right now, poppies in racing orange, so bright at midday it hurts the eyes. There's patches of showy purple Fillaree and eye popping yellow Cinquefoil lining the drive that attract little white butterflies by the score.

[Surya Gayatri]

4. What a seductive word poem you paint of nature in the high desert!

Lovely, even the names of the flowers. I live in another sort of poem, Paris, France.

[leftynyc]

5. Wow - beautiful shots

I love my city.

[Surya Gayatri]

6. She's a lusty lady--bigger than life, boisterous, but with an understated finesse and grace.

[Act_of_Reparation]

9. She's a street photographer's dream.

Practically any subject your mind can conjure can be found on, under, or above the streets of New York.

I love that city.

[alfredo]

7. Excellent photos.

[melman]

8. "New York has one of the greatest skylines in the world"

This was true for a long time but the recent proliferation of 'supertalls' has really hurt it.