Photo Contest
October 16, 2026

OurNature Environmental Photo & Video Award Winners Use Storytelling To Reveal Our World and How To Protect It

Photography is a powerful force, revealing truths that both inform and help us empathize. When the lens turns toward nature, this creative field reveals parts of our world that often go unseen. It’s fascinating, but it also shows what we stand to lose if we don’t act now to preserve and protect it. Now in its third year, the OurNature Environmental Photo & Video Award explores the relationship between humanity and the natural world.

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Art
October 15, 2026

Art Exhibition Explores the Deep Connection Between Mumbai’s Fishing Communities and the Sea

For Mumbai’s Koli fishing communities, the sea holds generations of cultural knowledge. In Salted Caviar, an exhibition at TARQ in Mumbai, artist Parag Tandel draws on his Koli heritage to examine how coastal development and emerging technologies threaten traditional ways of life. Through sculpture, cyanotype, and archival research, he explores the ties between Indigenous knowledge and the marine environments that sustain it.

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Wildlife Photography
October 15, 2026

Photographer Jaime Rojo Celebrates the Extraordinary Lives of Monarch Butterflies in New Photo Book

The monarch butterfly is beloved for its striking orange and black wings. Now, the creature, regularly found in gardens, is receiving the spotlight it well deserves. A large-format coffee table book published by National Geographic features over 140 images captured by photographer Jaime Rojo. Aptly titled Monarchs, the book not only visually explores the iconic butterfly, but also the significance of its fight for survival and unique migration patterns.

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Style
October 14, 2026

Futuristic Fashion: ANREALAGE Unveils Dresses Using E-Ink That Change Colors Before Your Eyes

At Paris Fashion Week, six dresses appeared to come alive on the runway. Covered in hundreds of tiny scale-like panels, the garments shifted from muted gray tones into bright colors and intricate patterns, transforming without the models ever having to change their clothes. The futuristic designs are part of ANREALAGE’s Spring/Summer 2027 collection, SKIN, created by Japanese designer Kunihiko Morinaga.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.