Oct 17, 2012 | root_ks8kzico

The Society of American Travel Writers Photographer of the Year

One of our photographers, Eric Lindberg, has won the 2013 Photographer of the Year for the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) Bill Muster Photo Competition! Eric is an award-winning photographer and writer who travels regularly to remote locations around the world in search of the exotic, the exquisite, and the off-beat. His stories and photos have appeared online and in magazines, newspapers, books, calendars, and tourism publications throughout North America and overseas. Eric specializes in adventure, culture, nature, indigenous people, rail travel, food, romance travel, and far-flung destinations. His journeys have taken him throughout the Americas, Asia, Europe, Africa, and the South Pacific. Eric was also the SATW's Travel Photographer of the Year in 2011. To learn more about Eric Lindberg and to see his photographs and writing, visit www.ericlindberg.com.

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A Galapagos Penguin mid-jump over volcanic rock and seawater.
A llama stands on a path with the stone walls of an archaeological site in the background.
A woolly monkey balances in the branches of a tree, its limbs outstretched and tail wrapped around a branch overhead.
A group of Holbrook staff members pose and smile at the camera outdoors.
Multiple people on a forest trail look through binoculars and scopes at something outside the frame.
Side view of an adult hippo and calf partially submersed in water.
An elevated walkway surrounded by low trees and shrubs with a lake in far background and blue sky with puffy clouds.
Staff member Jamie DeVoe poses on an overlook with a volcano and town in the background.
Office building with elevated deck and tiered landscaping.
Selfie of staff members Kevin Van Dien and Sandy Schmidt smiling.
A motmot perches on a tree branch.
Upward view of 12 people standing in a circle, smiling down at the camera, with an ornate ceiling above them.
A Geoffroy's tamarin sits on a tree branch with its mouth open.
A golden lion tamarin sits on a tree branch.
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Staff member Jill Hays standing behind a conference table decorated with Holbrook-branded signs and handouts.
Selfie of Holbrook guide Iván Castillo in the rainforest.
A sea turtle uses its fin to grasp onto another turtle in the water.
Underwater shot of a person snorkeling near a large school of fish.