We want to thank everyone who participated in the Reality Tours Photo Contest. We were thrilled by the outpouring of response to this contest and had a very difficult time selecting the winner; there were many excellent photos to choose from. We have posted below just a few of the top entries to the contest.

The winner of the 2006 contest was Stephen Kerpen of Los Ojos, New Mexico, whose photo of Palestinian children in East Jerusalem holding olive tree branches touched our hearts.

If you did not have a chance to send us your photos but were interested in doing so, please consider entering next year's photo contest!

Get more information about the contest.
 

1st Place: Palestinian children in East Jerusalem
by Stephen Kerpen, 2004

 

2nd Place: the largest urban garden in Havana, Cuba

by Lisa Hamilton, 2003

 

 

 

3rd Place: Reality Tour participant with Iranian schoolchildren

by Lynn Guenther, 2005

 

 

 

4th Place: South African women dancing the toi-toi at a women's rally

by Nancy Thompson, 2003

 

 

 

5th Place: Maasai men in Tanzania

by Rachel Friedland, 2005

 

 

 

6th Place: Soldier and orthodox Israelis at the Western Wall, Jerusalem

by Stephen Kerpen, 2004

 

 

 

7th Place: an Afghan orphan

by Connie Frisbee, 2003