Best Environmental Photos of 2011 Named-

[JayGoliath]

Overall Winner: "Homeless"

Photograph by Chan Kwok Hung, EPOTY.org/Fame/Barcroft

Children comfort each other in a scrapyard in Kathmandu, Nepal, in a 2011 image by photographer Chan Kwok Hung of Hong Kong. The picture, an entry in the "Quality of Life" category, won top honors in the 2011 Environmental Photographer of the Year awards, whose winners were announced last week.

The children live with their grandmother and search the scrapyard for things to sell, using the money to buy food, according to the photographer. "They had found nothing for a few days," he said in a statement.

More than a third of Nepal's 12.6 million children live below the poverty line, according to a 2010 report by UNICEF. An even higher number suffer from malnutrition and lack of access to education.

Organized by the London-based Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, the Environmental Photographer of the Year contest honors amateur and professional photographers who "raise awareness of environmental and social issues."

Compared to 2010, submissions this year doubled to over 10,000 pictures, which came from photographers in 105 countries.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/...-pictures-2011-kids-garbage_42580_600x450.jpg

The background light is just amazing.
Hope things could get better in Nepal.

 

[Gorog]

That is a gorgeous picture...there is a stark contrast between the two children illuminated in life giving light, and the desolate scrapyard surrounding them in a medium mist. It's so sad.... There's nothing to do though, except wish them the best, and hope that they get the help they need to continue living. Peace.
The Eggling

 

[mohd]

There's a Malay proverb Jay .. berapa berat mata memandang, berat lagi bahu yang memikul!
Roughly the meaning is .. how heavy the burden in one's eye, still it's heavier on one's shoulder who carry it!
The picture remind me of another one which I don't really know where and when it was photographed!

mohd

Notes: Jay, I just noticed that the number of your postings in BF is equal to mine (i.e. 1,777) .. what a coincident!

 

[JayGoliath]

Like Jerry Busse always say: Let's DRINK!