Intimate Portraits of the Nenets Capture the Faces of Indigenous People in the Russian Arctic In 2022, Natasha Yankelevich traveled to Yamal for the first time. Nestled in northwest Siberia, the region is remote, icy, and has been “historically...

Traveling Photographer Spends 17 Years (And Counting) Documenting Indigenous Cultures Since 2008, photographer and ethnographer Alexander Khimushin has been traveling the world to study Indigenous cultures. Khimushin, who grew up in the remote reaches of Siberia, has immersed himself...

Take a Look Inside a Rare Buddhist Temple in Malaysia With One of the World’s Tallest Pagodas When you think of impressive pagodas, countries like China or Thailand may come to mind, but did you know that Malaysia is...

15 Otherworldly Finalists of the 2025 Astronomy Photographer of the Year Contest Dazzling galaxies, colorful Northern Lights, and the fiery sun are just some of the celestial bodies and natural phenomena that made the ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the...

The World’s Largest Flaming Gas Crater Is Showing Signs of Dying Out Nearly 55 years after first being unintentionally set on fire, the Darvaza gas crater is finally showing signs of dying down. Located in the heart of the...

Rare Red Sprites Captured Lighting up the Tibetan Night Sky Like Jellyfish-Shaped Firework   Ver esta publicación en Instagram   Una publicación compartida por 董书畅 (@shuchang_dong) Red sprites are as beautiful as they are elusive. These large-scale flashes occur...

Chiharu Shiota’s Newest Exhibition Highlights “Emptiness” by Filling the Void With Webs of Thread Despite working predominantly with thread, Chiharu Shiota wants to be clear: her art should be read as paintings, not as cobwebs. For the Japanese artist,...

Incredible Winners of the 1839 Awards 2025 Color Photography Contest The 1839 Awards once again celebrates the art of color photography by announcing the winners of the 2025 Color Photography Contest. In an era when AI is making everyone...

Intimate Portraits of Tibetan Refugees Offer a Glimpse Into Resilience, Peace, and Compassion [Interview] By the time he met the young Tibetan woman behind the organization Tibetan Rights Campaign, Phil Borges had grown restless. A few years before then,...