Babak Tafreshi

Babak Tafreshi is an award winning National Geographic photographer and science journalist, a master of night sky photography and timelapse videos. He uses the context of night to bridge Earth and sky, art and science, cultures and time. In 2007 he founded The World at Night (TWAN) program (twanight.org); an elite group of about 40 photographers in 25 countries who present images to reconnect people with the importance and beauty of the night sky and natural nights. Born in 1978 in Tehran he lives in Boston, but could be anywhere on the planet, chasing stories from the Sahara to the Himalayas or Antarctica. He is also a contributor to Sky&Telescope magazine, the European Southern Observatory (ESO), and a board member of Astronomers Without Borders. He received the 2009 Lennart Nilsson Award, the world’s most recognized award for scientific photography, for his global contribution to night sky photography. More: babaktafreshi.com | @babaktafreshi