photography
These Photos Remind Us Why Conservation Matters
Enjoy the 2020 winners of a natural photography competition.
The World’s Most Inspirational Iceberg Isn’t What It Seems
The professional photographer who created a popular poster image takes it apart.
What Wild Animals Do in the Dark of the Night
Capturing wildlife with flash photography at the turn of the century.
Art Is Long, Science Is Longer
My years surveying trees in the Amazon taught me the forest is unknowable.
Are Digital Cameras Changing the Nature of Movies?
If film as a medium is not quite dead, it’s definitely on the endangered list.
Six Pictures of Paradise
I was puzzled by the artist’s photographs of my home in the Amazon—then I looked again.
When Photographers Are Neuroscientists
Artists who manipulate photos capture the ambiguity—and beauty—of vision itself.