Cities, nature and people - all this sometimes cannot be seen with your own eyes and expressed in words, so it is enough to look at these photos and you will understand how truly amazing our world is. These are the best photos from the National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year 2018 competition.
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A picture is more eloquent than a whole dictionary of words. But sometimes everything goes wrong with photos. This is what happened to the Zarings family. They treated themselves to professional family photography so that they would have a nice memory of their days together in their old age. When they received the material after 8 months of post-production, the photos were very different from what was expected. You can see the weirdest family photos, which will make you not know whether to laugh or cringe, in the photo gallery below.
''Women, consumption, retouching, plastic surgery, cosmetics, aging, beauty... I think people should have a more spiritual approach to life and have more fun. I'm happy if I can offer them that, even if I make fun of myself'', French fashion stylist and journalist Nathalie Croquet accompanied her parody of fashion photos, where she put on make-up, dressed and posed like some photo models for famous brands. Can ordinary women look as good in photos as, for example, Kate Moss? Check!
Cute portraits of a dog and his best friend are so cute that looking at them makes us smile from ear to ear. Cute models are Zoey and Jasper.
Artist Jenny Lewis from London presented a beautiful series of photographs of mothers with their newborns. Sensual and touching stories, captured in a series of photographs, reveal the most intimate moments of mothers and newborns.
Kaija Straumanis is the name of another photographer who impresses with her originality. The American artist is a student who took very interesting self-portraits that went viral in no time.