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Brian Lairn on WNYC Studios. So each year, if you don't already know, the Brian Lair on WNYC.

So each year, if you don't already know, the Brian Lairer Show invites you to submit the best photo you took in this calendar year that is sitting on your phone.

And I have to say when we first started doing this, phone cameras were kind of me.

So it was special to see how people were able to take great photos on these

things called cell phones. Now the cameras on many of our phones have really improved. So it's special

in a different way. The quality of so many of these pictures is so excellent, at least to my eye,

as a layperson. But as we've done for the past few years,

we have some professional photographers here

who have helped us browse through your submissions

and pick out their favorites.

And as we discuss the three winning images, listeners,

you can see them too.

I mentioned it before the break.

Just go to Brianlare Show.org or WNYC.org and click on Brian Lairr Show there.

But we do have Brian Lairr Show.org as a quick and easy pathway.

And you'll be able to see the top three photos on our episode page for today that we'll be talking about.

Plus later today, this afternoon, we'll post a gallery of the top 40 photos submitted this

year, according to our judges, out of the 700 or so you sent in.

So joining me now are Edward Pagan, a Bronx-based photographer, filmmaker, and photo historian. He's also the co-founder

of Seis del Sour, a photo collective of six photojournalism and documentary photographer,

photography makers from the South Bronx, and Laura Romano, executive director and co-founder

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