Greenpeace ViewBug.com Photo Contest Winner

And the Winner is…….People!

ViewBug Contest winner by yesyoudid

Greenpeace USA partnered with ViewBug.com, an online photographer community, to run a photo contest around the theme of power, asking what does that look like? Power, as in what powers your life? Power as the visual form of energy – human energy, physical energy, the energy of nature, energy infrastructure, energy generation, human power, people power, water, wind, solar, living power, imaginative power, the power of life.

Award winning photographer Daniel Beltrá, selecting the top three from a short list of candidates drawn from thousands of submissions voted on by ViewBug members, said “I found this photo to be inspiring and exuberantly happy, highlighting what so many of us feel about nature.”

The image has that quality of joy. I see someone enjoying the warmth of the morning sun high on a mountain in the early spring. Thank you to everyone who participated in this great contest.

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About Robert Meyers

Robert Meyers Greenpeace USA photo editor and photographer for based in Washington, D.C. Born in the rust belt where the land was either oily, rocky, coal-caked waste or a profuse explosion of green and vibrant life. I breathed air thick with coal smoke and auto exhaust. Even Koolaid could not cover the metalic taste of the water from the faucet. Summers in southeast Georgia helped me understand the power of the earth, the beauty of the green and vibrant marshes, the magestic strength of the live oaks, and the rich diversity of life in the tidal streams. The vast ocean and intense sun framed my world view. Now, a father of two beautiful women, I feel connected to the time before automobiles and electricity that my own grandmothers described to me, and connect to the change to sustainable ways of life that will ensure a peaceful, vibrant future for our children and grandchildren, and all forms of life on earth.

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