Landscape Photography

March 22, 2019

Lake Michigan Is Shattering into Icy Shards as It Melts for Spring

Spring is here to melt away the winter blues, and that includes thawing the thick layer of ice that covers Lake Michigan. As of March 8, 2019, 56% of the Great Lake was covered in ice, and now it's slowly breaking into chunks that look like beautiful shards of glass. As the ice breaks up, the gentle waves of the lake push the shards together, causing them to bunch into incredibly beautiful formations.

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February 6, 2019

Dreamy Landscapes at Night Inspired by Space, Stars, and Video Games

In his stellar body of work, photographer Daniel Greenwood creatively combines three of his lifelong fascinations: space, stars, and video games. Inspired by this trio of muses, he captures mesmerizing shots of otherworldly landscapes. In each of his dazzling photographs, Greenwood showcases the beauty of the earth after dark. With subjects ranging from waterfalls and lakes to sunflowers and succulents, these photos illustrate the diversity of the natural world.

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January 14, 2019

Mystical Photos of the Enchanting English Forests of Wistman’s Wood

Deep within the forests of Dartmoor, England is Wistman’s Wood, an ancient woodland that looks like something from a fairytale. Featuring moss-covered boulders and tangled web of twisted trees, it’s no surprise that the eerie location is associated with a number of supernatural folklore tales—many writers have even described the woodland as “the most haunted place on Dartmoor.

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November 2, 2018

Interview: Melting Greenland Ice Sheet Captured in Ominous Aerial Photos

Aerial photographer Tom Hegen has dedicated his career to exposing how man has shaped the environment, and not always for the best. From engineered salt ponds to industrial tulip fields, these habitats are at once beautiful and frightening when one reflects on the consequences. It's these consequences that are the focus of Hegen's new series, titled two°celsius, which sees him taking flight over the Greenland Ice Sheet.

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