The 1X Photo Awards

For the first time since their launch the master curators at 1X have hosted a photography contest - called the 1X Photo Awards. If there's anything to be said about 1X its that it easily holds the most beautiful photos on the web. So when they introduce a photo contest the results are sure to be stunning. The winners and 20 honorable mentions have now been officially announced and released and can be viewed here. Missing these photos would be a huge disservice to yourself, they are truly incredible.

About the contest: "1X Photo Awards 2011 is an exclusive photo contest sponsored by 1x.com, the highly-acclaimed curated photo gallery, global photo community and premium fine art prints store. Because we believe that anyone can become an artist, our primary mission is to provide an environment to promote photography as an art form, help photographers develop their skills and host a platform which provides the widest exposure for the artists and their photographic imagery that appears in our galleries."