Photo in the News: Award-Winning Look at Remote Russia

ADVENTURE Contributing Photographer Aaron Huey took Third Place in the Picture of the Year International's "Feature Single" category for an amazing image taken  while on assignment with writer McKenzie Funk to hitchhike clear across Russia. Their gutsy plan turned out to be one of last year's most ambitious adventures—traveling from Vladivostok, a Russian port on the Sea of Japan, to Moscow, seven time zones to the west. The resulting article, "6,000 Miles to Moscow," reveals what it's like to be a traveler amid the topsy-turvy globalization of the 21st century. See a photo gallery of Huey's Siberia images or read the article.

Though the five-week Trans-Siberian highway trip generated hundreds of wonderful, diverse images, we love that POY selected this photo. "Aaron captured the perfect moment—the choreography of all the different elements in the frame is effortless," noted ADVENTURE photo editor Sabine Meyer. "The horse looks like a statue, and yet it is 'moving' cattle! We could very well be in the great American West instead of Siberia."

Picture of the Year International, run by the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri, is one of the oldest and most revered photo contests. It solely focuses on photojournalism and documentary photography. Every serious photojournalist enters, so it is highly competitive. See all the winners here >>

Comments

[Buy Cialis]

Wow that's a wonderful horse I really like it, I remember that my grand father had a farm with a lot of horses but when he dies my father sold the place.

[rent a car Switzerland]

Looks like a statue!

[Horse riding stables]

What a great shot, you're right the horse could be a statue.

[The Agra Indian]

It is really very difficult to catch these kinds of wonderful moments in camera. Only possible in candid photography, if luck is with you.

By the way, great photograph!!!!

[mprofilephoto]

Wonderful photo!
I like the composition and colors.