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Four images. Four photographers. One unflinching look at instinct, survival, and the world we share.

When thousands of photographers submit their finest work to a single competition, the results reveal far more than technical excellence. They reveal how humanity sees itself in relation to the natural world: what we value, what we notice, what moves us to pause and bear witness.

This Earth Day 2026, I find myself thinking about what endures when everything else feels fragile, and about the stories that outlive us.

The U.S. Supreme Court made a quiet decision recently that, in my opinion, says something important about creativity.

I was lying on the ground, my body tucked beneath our safari vehicle, working with a wide-angle lens and an infrared camera. Craig moved slowly toward me, unhurried, his massive frame and tusks pushing through the foliage with an almost prehistoric weight.

As we say goodbye to 2025, we’d like to draw attention to some of the outstanding landscapes from the 2025 International Landscape Photographer of the Year awards.

In March 2020, the world stood still. I remember sitting in my apartment in Vienna, watching the news roll in — cities shutting down, borders closing, planes grounded. The silence was deafening.

A celebration of beauty, resilience, and the power of connection through nature.

Photography workshops offer a unique opportunity to refine your photo skills, explore stunning locations, and connect with like-minded creatives. We spoke with Wild Eye’s Jason Bradley, a seasoned photography expedition leader with 15 years of experience, to discuss why he believes workshops are an invaluable experience for photographers.

Every visit to Yosemite since my first, I’ve looked up at the waterfalls and yearned to be closer. I’ve always had a drive to not only observe nature but to interact with it, to feel it. And, of course, to photograph it.

Many of you may have recently seen images of an upside down American flag hung from a cliff’s edge at Yosemite National Park in California. I was one of the photographers who captured this scene, which has been interpreted as a protest against the recent firings of over 1000 National Park Service employees. Here is what was going through my head when I captured these distressing images.

I arrived at Solio Game Reserve on February 21, 2025, to spend three days photographing rhinos. Sitting on the plains between Mount Kenya to the east and the Aberdare range to the west, Solio has a population of 250 rhinos, both white and black, on its 20,000 acres. Solio is a paradise, and it was there I learned to love these unlikely creatures.