National Geographic Today co-host Susan Roesgen talks to National Geographic Traveler magazine editor-in-chief Keith Bellows on his publication's annual photography contest and a special upcoming issue on "Fifty Places of a Lifetime."
Susan: Looking at some of these photos of exotic places, Keith, so many amateur photographers would love to take pictures for the National Geographic Society, and through National Geographic Traveler magazine, they can.
Keith : They can, and we have been doing this for almost 15 years. We ask amateurs to give us their best shot. Send us a photograph. This year the photograph must be of an American place, person, event, theme, you name it, and we'll pick the best, and the best wins an all-expense-paid trip for two on a safari in southern Africa.
Susan: That's a great grand prize!
Keith : Absolutely. The second best gets a Windjammer cruise, and we have a lot of other prizes as well. It's about 12 pictures in all that we pick. We publish it in the January/February 2002 issue. Entrants have to get their pictures in to us by August 15, 2001.
Susan : That's soon. Only two weeks.
Keith: It is right around the corner.
Susan: Well, Keith, we have some photographs here of winners from the past year, and what would you say about these photographs?
Keith: Well the real thing about these photographs is that you're seeing an interesting world, a world through the photographer's eyes that you don't usually see.
This year it's all about America. We're going to be dealing with things that we think are familiar. It's sort of nice to see what people will find in their own backyard to surprise us.
Susan: Well now, there is another reason that you have chosen America for this contest this time.
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