Friends of World Heritage Photo Contest
GRAND PRIZE WINNER
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Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
SECOND PLACE WINNER
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Ha Long Bay, Vietnam Photo by Kristupa Saragih World Heritage inscribed 1994 —Download a wallpaper of this photo* |
THIRD PLACE WINNER
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Saint Catherine Area, Egypt Photo by John Deaton World Heritage inscribed 2002 —Download a wallpaper of this photo* |
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Meet our distinguished panel of judges:
Martin Gray
Martin Gray is an anthropologist and photographer specializing in the study of sacred architecture, holy places and pilgrimage traditions around the world. During a twenty year period, Martin Gray traveled widely in 80 countries to study and photograph more than 1000 holy places of prehistoric, historic and contemporary cultures. Martin is an expert in the subjects of ancient religion, sacred geography, archaeoastronomy and ecopsychology.
In 1997, Martin placed the web site, Places of Peace and Power, at SacredSites.com on the internet and since that time more than fifteen million people have visited the site. In 2004 National Geographic published The Geography of Religion of which Martin Gray was the principal photographer. In August of 2006 the Japanese publisher Basilico issued a book of Martin’s sacred site photographs, and in the spring of 2007 the American company Sterling will publish a book entitled Sacred Earth, which will feature 180 color photographs of sacred sites. Martin’s photographs and writings have been featured in documentaries, newspapers, magazines, books and web sites around the globe.
Martin Gray has presented slide shows at museums, conferences and universities, for more than 125,000 people, in the United States, Europe and Asia. Martin’s web site, Places of Peace and Power, may be seen at SacredSites.com
www.SacredSites.com
Stefan Caiafa
Stefan Caiafa is a 28-year-old Brazilian-Danish-Italian photographer, designer, and globetrotter. He grew up on three different continents, but spent most of his childhood in Brasilia, Brazil, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1987. He has travelled to more than 40 countries, and had the privilege of experiencing the beauty of 60+ World Heritage sites. He works as the designer for National Geographic Traveler magazine, which is based in Washington, D.C.
www.NationalGeographic.com/traveler
Chris Seek
Chris Seek is a marketing consultant and international tourism development specialist with over 7 years of experience. During the last 5 years of work in tourism development, Chris has provided marketing and consulting services to over 300 tourism micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and tourism associations in over 17 countries. Services included business planning, website development, graphic design, Internet marketing, photography, virtual tours, video production, international representation, cluster development, business development training, sustainable tourism certification, cross promotion advertising campaigns, and travel trade seminars.
Solimar International is a tourism development firm dedicated to promoting the goals of sustainable tourism by providing marketing, sales, and consulting services to tourism businesses, associations, development agencies, and national tourism authorities.
Planning and managing tourism responsibly helps preserve tourism assets, foster positive community attitudes toward visitors, and enhance the appeal and image of destinations to consumers. The goal of sustainable tourism is to create a pla ce that is good to visit and to live in. Solimar uses a market-driven approach to ensure sustainable tourism development. We provide proven business solutions and technical assistance to tourism enterprises, improving industry cooperation, creating business linkages, and improving destination marketing.
www.SolimarInternational.com
