2017 Windland Smith Rice Awards Intro

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Produced to accompany the Nature's Best Photography Windland Smith Rice Awards exhibition, this video brings you a selection of 2017 winning photographs and video segments.

Together we can celebrate the natural world and inspire others to conserve and protect it for future generations!

The display of fine art prints is open now through September 2018 at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. These annual exhibitions are enjoyed by millions in one of the world's most respected and highly-visited museums on Earth, free to the public and open daily except Dec. 25.

The Winners and Highly Honored images are featured in the 2017 Fall/Winter special collector’s edition of Nature's Best Photography magazine sold in the museum shops and on the NBP website: bit.ly/nbpstore.

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Non-profit Partnerships and Supporters:
African Wildlife Foundation, Nature's Best Photography Asia, International League of Conservation Photographers, Divers Alert Network, and The National Audubon Society.