Inspiration Contests Galleries Your Best Shot Gallery: August 2012 The best reader-submitted photos of the month | Published Sep 13, 2012 8:15 AM Inspiration SHARE Contests Galleries Landscape Portraits Reader Galleries Your Best Shot MORE TO READ RELATED In the absence of color, the story shines: our favorite reader-submitted B&W images From a rainy afternoon in New York to conch shells captured on a Polaroid, this week’s Photos of the Day winners present photographs that tell beautiful stories. READ NOW RELATED Portraits of ‘rebel’ icons, plus five other photo shows worth seeing Brooklyn’s free photo festival returns; a group show connects global artists of color and Black diasporic artists; Janette Beckman’s iconic portraits; and more excellent photo shows to see this summer. RELATED Quintin Lake on walking and photographing all 11,000 kilometers of the British coastline Despite injuries, COVID-19 lockdowns, and terrible weather, Quintin Lake completed his epic photographic journey in five years.