Tag: Photographer

Photographer Captures Wild Hikes With Kenyan Tribes in Breathtaking Photo Series

With a camera and tripod in hand and the ambition of sharing more about remote cultures with the world, a Russian photographer has produced a series of breathtaking portraits of Kenyan tribes hiking across rugged, mountainous landscapes. Daniel Kordan, who lives in Tuscany, traveled to Kenya’s Samburu County and Maasai Mara, a large national game…


Irvine Honors City Photographer With Gallery Exhibition

IRVINE, Calif.—The City of Irvine is honoring its longtime city photographer David Kawashima with an art exhibition displaying his photographs at the Irvine Civic Center. The photo exhibition opens free to the public beginning Sept. 16 with a reception held from 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibition will be on display until Nov. 24. “Over…


Wildlife Photographer Captures Caiman Greeting Butterfly Sitting on Its Snout

A professional wildlife photographer has captured a calm caiman greeting a butterfly as it lands on his snout. The yacare caiman is native to the northern Pantanal region in Brazil. Professional wildlife photographer Leighton Lum, 33, of Hawaii, snapped the picture while he was visiting the area of Cuiabá, Brazil. “Butterflies tend to land on caimans…


Illusionistic Photographer Plays With Perspective to Create Surreal Images That Trick the Eye

A 31-year-old photographic artist in Germany has been making a splash on social media with his inventive illusionistic juxtapositions. Hugo Suissas, originally from Portugal, works as an art director at a German creative firm. On the side, the artist has a passion for imaginative photography—playing with perspective to compose iconic works reminiscent of surreal paintings by…


Curious Squirrels and a Tiny Bird Team Up to Investigate Photographer’s Camera

A photographer has captured the adorable moment when a scurry of curious squirrels was joined by a tiny bird to investigate his camera. Iain Brooks, 42, captured the amazing pictures in Anagach Woods, Cairngorm National Park in Scotland. Unable to resist the temptation of peanuts placed on the camera, the squirrels—while initially hesitant—grew confident to…


Once-in-a-Lifetime Photo of Small Bird Hitching a Ride on Bigger Bird’s Stick

A wildlife photographer with a penchant for birds captured a magnificent moment on film during an outing in southeastern Michigan. Snapping an osprey in flight with a stick in its beak, she noticed that a smaller bird had hitched a ride. “I recently watched an osprey flying along the far edge of a pond and…


Photographer Uses the Setting Sun to Create Surreal Silhouettes Photo Art—and It’s Magical

An Indian photographer has harnessed the sublime beauty of sunsets to create a narrative photo series. Playing with scale and human silhouettes against a hazy orange sky, the artist features the sun as a tangible object for people to, seemingly, touch, move, and be moved by. Krutik Bharat Thakur, 20, a self-taught photographer, fell in…


Photographer Wanders Streets of Istanbul Taking Portraits of Children—Whose Eyes Sparkle Like Gems

Unplanned, Turkish photographer Abdullah Aydemir, from Istanbul, wanders the streets of his home metropolis to uncover gems in the rough—within the eyes of the children he crosses paths with, often poor children, he finds hidden universes. A social studies teacher by profession, Abdullah is also passionate about art, through which he expresses “the pure and…


‘One of the Most Stunning Places on the Planet’: Photographer Captures Surreal Landscapes on Socotra Island

An adventurous Russian-born photographer recently captured some outlandish landscape images of Socotra—an island of extraordinary geography off the east coast of Africa and Yemen. Words cannot properly describe some of the pictures the trip produced. Daniel Kordan, a Nikon ambassador who now lives in a gorgeous villa in Tuscany, journeyed to Socotra with a mission…


Wildlife Photographer Captures Striking Image of 2 Kites Flying in Perfect Formation in Wales

A wildlife photographer took this striking aerial image of two red kites flying in perfect formation. The pair of predatory birds were seen swooping together by Josh Adamms in Wales on May 31. The 34-year-old was out on a day trip with his family in Rhayader, near the Elan Valley. “There was loads of birds…