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Babak Tafreshi spent the last three decades photographing surreal scenes of the night sky in all continents, an adventurous journey to the world at night where landmarks on Earth connect to celestial wonders, where science meets art, and astrophotography contributes to nature conservation. His work aims to increase public awareness on values of the natural night environment and how to preserve it from our growing light pollution. The night-time face of our planet has changed in the past century. The habitat and behavior of many nocturnal species are largely impacted by our artificial lights, specially in the past few decades. A part of his work takes us to iconic World Heritages and landmarks of various civilizations, where we find connections between our many cultures and the night sky, where we see icons of different beliefs and religions under the same sky, attesting to the unified nature of Earth as a home for all mankind. One People, One Sky.
Babak Tafreshi is an Iranian-American photojournalist and night sky explorer for the National Geographic who merges art and science through visual stories. Since the 1990s, he has documented night scenes in all continents, in stills, videos, and 360 immersive media. He created The World at Night (TWAN) program in 2007 and has been directing a growing team of photographers in about 25 countries. His current project, Life at Night Atlas, reveals the values of natural dark nights and the impact of light pollution on global biodiversity. The International Astronomical Union has named the minor planet 276163, after Tafreshi.
Part of the Stanford Festival of Iranian Arts
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