The World at Night (sponsored by Sigma)

Babak Tafreshi spent three decades photographing surreal scenes of the night sky in all continents, an adventurous journey to the world at night where the landmarks of Earth bridge to the 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 nighttime face of our planet has changed in the past century. The habitats and behaviors of many nocturnal species have been greatly impacted by our artificial lights, especially in the past few decades.

A part of Babak’s work takes us to iconic World Heritage Sites 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!