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Hope From Above: Florian Ledoux’s pursuit of conservation and action

April 23, 2019

Florian Ledoux is smitten by icy landscapes and the creatures that live there -- and committed to saving them while inspiring action in others. The more he explores the world's polar regions, the further he wants to go. And thanks to his keen eye and skil... Read More

Take Your Drone Photography to New Heights: Luca Bracali’s Top 10 Tips

Luca Bracali

April 22, 2019

On Photography, Uncategorized

By Luca Bracali https://youtu.be/gqljZp1lXB0 Ever since I began traveling for work, I’ve looked for ways to capture the beauty of planet Earth from above. As early as the 1990s I began experimenting with every alternative imaginable: ultralights, heli... Read More

PHOTOGRAPHY: OVEREXPOSED

Marianna Santoni

April 9, 2019

On Photography

Free yourself from ISO-phobia and learn to overexpose. There are many good reasons for this. In the shooting phase, a strong intentional overexposure is the most important factor in acquiring images of surprising sharpness... even with high ISO setting... Read More

Travelers

Mariusz Potocki

April 9, 2019

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Not everyone can dive with seals, ski on glaciers and spelunk in ice caves. And not everyone can see firsthand how climate change is rapidly impacting ecosystems and cultures around the globe. And that's one primary reason why glaciologist, photographer, expl... Read More

Six Degrees South

Gilles Nicolet

April 9, 2019

Uncategorized, Worldwide Stories

"I believe that as a photographer, you can get close to the truth while still being concerned with aesthetic elements." - Gilles Nicolet "The Captain" More than 30 years ago, Gilles Nicolet arrived in Somalia to work as an agricultural engineer. "I was a y... Read More

Roie Galitz: Challenge Yourself to the Extreme

Roie Galitz

March 27, 2019

On Photography, Uncategorized

Roie Galitz, an award-winning wildlife photographer and founder of Israel’s renowned Galitz School of photography nearly gave up on photography as a career. A multi-year SIPA honoree, he’d gotten his first camera at age 22 and “fell in love with it,” Galitz s... Read More

Snowfall

Matthias Hangst

March 27, 2019

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Getty Images Chief Photographer Matthias Hangst made this spectacular unstaged shot during a ski jumping competition of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships on February 26, 2017 in Lahti, Finland. The award-winning sports photographer manages a team of ... Read More

Sergey Gorshkov

March 27, 2019

Discover

As a child growing up in a Siberian village, celebrated Russian wildlife photographer and multi-year SIPA honoree Sergey Gorshkov didn’t have television. Nature was his “entertainment” and he loved being fully immersed in the wild world around him. But then, ... Read More

El Calbuco

Francisco Negroni

March 13, 2019

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Chilean photographer Francisco Negroni (1st Classified, The Beauty of Nature, SIPA 2018) described how he captured his stunning and award-winning shot of a violent night eruption of Calbuco volcano in the Lagos region of Chile in 2008 as “a simple setup.” ... Read More

The Twins’ Gymnastics Dream

Yuan Peng

March 12, 2019

Worldwide Stories

In August 2013, Chinese photographer Yuan Peng (3rd Classified, Storyboard, SIPA 2018) learned that twin girls, Liu Bingqing and Liu Yujie, born in 2007, were training at a sports academy in his city of Jining, Shandong Province, China. The idea of documentin... Read More