Tales by Light
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.
Seasons
1. Submerged
Air Date: 2015-05-24
Australian marine photographer Darren Jew captures mating humpback whales in Tonga, a 70-year-old biplane wreck and an active New Guinea volcano.
2. Himalaya
Air Date: 2015-05-31
Richard I'Anson documents a fire rite, attempts to photograph the elusive Himalayan snow leopard and captures the colorful Festival of Holi.
3. Adrenaline
Air Date: 2015-06-07
Intrepid adventure sports photographer Krystle Wright crafts images of free divers in Vanuatu, highliners in Colorado and paragliders in Utah.
4. Wild
Air Date: 2015-06-14
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.
5. Panorama
Air Date: 2015-06-21
Following in the footsteps of explorer Ernest Shackleton, landscape photographer Peter Eastway travels to Antarctica to create stunning polar images.
6. Tribes
Air Date: 2015-06-28
Art Wolfe documents the world's cultures, including the Surma of Ethiopia and the masked mud men and Huli clans of Papua, New Guinea.
1. Sacred Nature: Part 1
Air Date: 2016-10-25
Hoping to ensure the park's survival, wildlife photographers Jonathan and Angela Scott document the native creatures of the Maasai Mara in Kenya.
2. Sacred Nature: Part 2
Air Date: 2016-10-25
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.
3. Misunderstood Predators: Part 1
Air Date: 2017-04-21
Underwater photographer Eric Cheng seeks the truth about demonized and mythologized creatures, starting with the green anaconda of Brazil.
4. Misunderstood Predators: Part 2
Air Date: 2017-04-21
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.
5. Life and Death: Part 1
Air Date: 2017-04-21
After a career chronicling the horrors of war, photographer Stephen Dupont seeks to document a more poetic and dignified approach to death in India.
6. Life and Death: Part 2
Air Date: 2017-04-21
Stephen Dupont's quest for reverent depictions of life and death brings him to Namibia's deserts and the Bushmen of the Kalahari.
1. Children In Need: Part 1
Air Date: 2018-08-26
Documenting impoverished, at-risk children for UNICEF, photographer Simon Lister is joined in Bangladesh by goodwill ambassador Orlando Bloom.
2. Children In Need: Part 2
Air Date: 2018-09-16
Simon and Orlando continue their Bangladesh trip, visiting a makeshift school and photographing young children working in hazardous jobs for low pay.
3. Paradise in Peril: Part 1
Air Date: 2018-09-02
Undersea photographer Shawn Heinrichs fights to preserve the rapidly vanishing diversity of ocean life by capturing its beauty in dazzling images.
4. Paradise in Peril: Part 2
Air Date: 2018-09-16
Shawn continues his quest to conserve marine wildlife by capturing some arresting manta ray pictures in the Raja Ampat Islands of Indonesia.
5. Preserving Indigenous Culture: Part 1
Air Date: 2018-09-09
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.
6. Preserving Indigenous Culture: Part 2
Air Date: 2018-09-16
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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Rating
7.5/10
Release Date
2015-05-24
Episodes
18 (3 seasons)
Status
Ended
Cast
Videos
Production Companies
National Geographic
Canon Australia