Photography

December 23, 2025

Rare Elves and Sprites Light up the Sky Like a Scene From the Film ‘Independence Day’

Italian photographer Valter Binotto captured a seemingly unreal image—one where two rare forms of red lightning shot into the sky like something out of science fiction. In fact, he compared the scene to the film Independence Day. Upon photographing the scene, it reminded him of the moment in the movie when the alien ship destroys the U.S. White House.

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December 17, 2025

Otherworldly Scenes of Underwater Wildlife Captured in a Single-Breath Dive [Interview]

In Matt Draper’s mind, there isn’t a single subject that’s more unpredictable, and thus rewarding, than the ocean. For more than a decade, the photographer has plunged into the sea, resurfacing with delicate, monochromatic snapshots of the marine animals that live below. While underwater, nothing is staged, nothing is guaranteed, and every second must be treated with both agility and sensitivity—lest the moment falter in front of the camera.

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December 14, 2025

Photographic Retrospective Offers an Evocative, Fantastical Journey Through Mexico in 200+ Images

When a 27-year-old Graciela Iturbide enrolled at the Centrode Estudios Cinematográficos in 1969, she had at first intended to become a film director. It didn’t take long, though, for Iturbide to abandon that path altogether and instead veer toward photography. Within a year, she was working under Mexican modernist Manuel Álvarez Bravo, accompanying him on various photographic journeys across Mexico.

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December 5, 2025

After 50 Years of Civil War, Photographer Captures the Untold Stories of Young Lebanese Women

A few years ago, Rania Matar returned to Lebanon, the country in which she was born but had fled nearly four decades earlier amid the civil war. She weaved through abandoned buildings alongside a young Lebanese woman, whom she intended to photograph for an upcoming project. Suddenly, the pair noticed something: graffiti scrawled across a crumbling wall, plaintively asking لوين روح؟ (Where do I go?).

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