Tales by Light

All Episodes 2015 - 2018

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  • 2015-05-23T13:30:00Z
  • 23m
  • 6h 54m (18 episodes)
  • Abraham Joffe
  • Australia
  • English
  • National Geographic + 1 more, Canon Australia
  • Documentary
Behind every powerful image is a powerful story. Uniting exploration, photography and the natural world, Tales By Light follows photographers from Australia and around the world as they push the limits of their craft.

18 episodes

Series Premiere

2015-05-23T13:30:00Z

1x01 Submerged

Series Premiere

1x01 Submerged

  • 2015-05-23T13:30:00Z23m

Australian marine photographer Darren Jew captures mating humpback whales in Tonga, a 70-year-old biplane wreck and an active New Guinea volcano.

2015-05-30T13:30:00Z

1x02 Himalaya

1x02 Himalaya

  • 2015-05-30T13:30:00Z23m

Richard I'Anson documents a fire rite, attempts to photograph the elusive Himalayan snow leopard and captures the colorful Festival of Holi.

2015-06-06T13:30:00Z

1x03 Adrenaline

1x03 Adrenaline

  • 2015-06-06T13:30:00Z23m

Intrepid adventure sports photographer Krystle Wright crafts images of free divers in Vanuatu, highliners in Colorado and paragliders in Utah.

2015-06-13T13:30:00Z

1x04 Wild

1x04 Wild

  • 2015-06-13T13:30:00Z23m

From brown bears in the rivers of Alaska to mountain gorillas in the jungles of Uganda, nature photographer Art Wolfe hunts for the perfect picture.

2015-06-20T13:30:00Z

1x05 Panorama

1x05 Panorama

  • 2015-06-20T13:30:00Z23m

Following in the footsteps of explorer Ernest Shackleton, landscape photographer Peter Eastway travels to Antarctica to create stunning polar images.

Season Finale

2015-06-27T13:30:00Z

1x06 Tribes

Season Finale

1x06 Tribes

  • 2015-06-27T13:30:00Z23m

Art Wolfe documents the world's cultures, including the Surma of Ethiopia and the masked mud men and Huli clans of Papua, New Guinea.

Season Premiere

2016-10-24T13:00:00Z

2x01 Sacred Nature: Part 1

Season Premiere

2x01 Sacred Nature: Part 1

  • 2016-10-24T13:00:00Z23m

Hoping to ensure the park's survival, wildlife photographers Jonathan and Angela Scott document the native creatures of the Maasai Mara in Kenya.

2016-10-24T13:00:00Z

2x02 Sacred Nature: Part 2

2x02 Sacred Nature: Part 2

  • 2016-10-24T13:00:00Z23m

Marveling at the abundant wildlife in the Mara's ecosystem, the Scotts photograph a cheetah, a Maasai ritual and an elusive leopard mother and cubs.

Underwater photographer Eric Cheng seeks the truth about demonized and mythologized creatures, starting with the green anaconda of Brazil.

To defend one of the world's most feared aquatic species, Eric Cheng and diver Jim Abernethy photograph human-friendly tiger sharks in the Bahamas.

2017-04-20T13:30:00Z

2x05 Life and Death: Part 1

2x05 Life and Death: Part 1

  • 2017-04-20T13:30:00Z23m

After a career chronicling the horrors of war, photographer Stephen Dupont seeks to document a more poetic and dignified approach to death in India.

Season Finale

2017-04-20T13:30:00Z

2x06 Life and Death: Part 2

Season Finale

2x06 Life and Death: Part 2

  • 2017-04-20T13:30:00Z23m

Stephen Dupont's quest for reverent depictions of life and death brings him to Namibia's deserts and the Bushmen of the Kalahari.

Season Premiere

2018-08-25T13:30:00Z

3x01 Children In Need: Part 1

Season Premiere

3x01 Children In Need: Part 1

  • 2018-08-25T13:30:00Z23m

Documenting impoverished, at-risk children for UNICEF, photographer Simon Lister is joined in Bangladesh by goodwill ambassador Orlando Bloom.

2018-09-15T13:30:00Z

3x02 Children In Need: Part 2

3x02 Children In Need: Part 2

  • 2018-09-15T13:30:00Z23m

Simon and Orlando continue their Bangladesh trip, visiting a makeshift school and photographing young children working in hazardous jobs for low pay.

2018-09-01T13:30:00Z

3x03 Paradise in Peril: Part 1

3x03 Paradise in Peril: Part 1

  • 2018-09-01T13:30:00Z23m

Undersea photographer Shawn Heinrichs fights to preserve the rapidly vanishing diversity of ocean life by capturing its beauty in dazzling images.

2018-09-15T13:30:00Z

3x04 Paradise in Peril: Part 2

3x04 Paradise in Peril: Part 2

  • 2018-09-15T13:30:00Z23m

Shawn continues his quest to conserve marine wildlife by capturing some arresting manta ray pictures in the Raja Ampat Islands of Indonesia.

Dylan River continues a family tradition of filmmaking focused on the Aboriginal people of his native Australia with a tour of ancient rock art sites.

Season Finale

2018-09-15T13:30:00Z

3x06 Preserving Indigenous Culture: Part 2

Season Finale

3x06 Preserving Indigenous Culture: Part 2

  • 2018-09-15T13:30:00Z23m

Dylan journeys into Arnhem Land, where he participates in a welcoming ritual and films the customs and tribal lifeways of the Yolngu people.

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