Best of your state: Ken Burns picks his favorites

Desair Brown

USAToday

Filmmaker Ken Burns takes a look at your Your Take photos.

This summer, award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns will choose his favorite photos from featured topics at USA TODAY's Your Take. This month's featured topic is Best in my state.

To catch Ken's eye, sign into Your Take, upload your photos directly to the featured topic and look for "Ken Burns: My Take" to see if your contribution made the cut.

Central Park's Bethesda Arcade in New York

Two people pass through the Bethesda Arcade in New York's Central Park early in the morning.

Burns: The two solitary walkers in Central Park's Bethesda Arcade are evocative and mysterious, the arches perfectly frame the human beings.

Cade's Cove in Tennessee

"This elegantly composed photograph of the quiet lane in Cade's Cove evokes the most pastoral of "invitations" into Nature's bounty," Burns says.

Burns: This elegantly composed photograph of the quiet lane in Cade's Cove evokes the most pastoral of "invitations" into Nature's bounty.

Sedona's wondrous rocks in Arizona

A short trip to Sedona's wondrous rocks.

Burns: The grey sky deftly complements the bulbous otherworldly rocks in Sedona's magical landscape.

Ken Burns is a celebrated documentarian who has been making films that capture America's soul for decades. This fall, he will debut "The Roosevelts: An Intimate History" on PBS. Follow Ken Burns on Twitter at @KenBurns.

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