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Tales by Light

TV·2015–2018·3 seasons, 18 episodes·National Geographic Channel·Documentary·23m·Created by Abraham Joffe

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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.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Tales by Light S01E01SubmergedS01E01 · 7.6Australian marine photographer Darren Jew captures mating humpback whales in Tonga, a 70-year-old biplane wreck and an active New Guinea volcano.

Episodes by season

Season016Episodes2015Aired 7.6Season avg
  1. S01E01Tales by Light S01E01SubmergedMay 24, 2015 7.6Australian marine photographer Darren Jew captures mating humpback whales in Tonga, a 70-year-old biplane wreck and an active New Guinea vol
  2. S01E02Tales by Light S01E02HimalayaMay 31, 2015Richard I'Anson documents a fire rite, attempts to photograph the elusive Himalayan snow leopard and captures the colorful Festival of Holi.
  3. S01E03Tales by Light S01E03AdrenalineJune 7, 2015Intrepid adventure sports photographer Krystle Wright crafts images of free divers in Vanuatu, highliners in Colorado and paragliders in Uta
  4. S01E04Tales by Light S01E04WildJune 14, 2015From brown bears in the rivers of Alaska to mountain gorillas in the jungles of Uganda, nature photographer Art Wolfe hunts for the perfect
  5. S01E05Tales by Light S01E05PanoramaJune 21, 2015Following in the footsteps of explorer Ernest Shackleton, landscape photographer Peter Eastway travels to Antarctica to create stunning pola
  6. S01E06Tales by Light S01E06TribesJune 28, 2015Art Wolfe documents the world's cultures, including the Surma of Ethiopia and the masked mud men and Huli clans of Papua, New Guinea.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season026Episodes2016–17AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01Tales by Light S02E01Sacred Nature: Part 1October 25, 2016Hoping to ensure the park's survival, wildlife photographers Jonathan and Angela Scott document the native creatures of the Maasai Mara in K
  2. S02E02Tales by Light S02E02Sacred Nature: Part 2October 25, 2016Marveling at the abundant wildlife in the Mara's ecosystem, the Scotts photograph a cheetah, a Maasai ritual and an elusive leopard mother a
  3. S02E03Tales by Light S02E03Misunderstood Predators: Part 1April 21, 2017Underwater photographer Eric Cheng seeks the truth about demonized and mythologized creatures, starting with the green anaconda of Brazil.
  4. S02E04Tales by Light S02E04Misunderstood Predators: Part 2April 21, 2017To defend one of the world's most feared aquatic species, Eric Cheng and diver Jim Abernethy photograph human-friendly tiger sharks in the B
  5. S02E05Tales by Light S02E05Life and Death: Part 1April 21, 2017After a career chronicling the horrors of war, photographer Stephen Dupont seeks to document a more poetic and dignified approach to death i
  6. S02E06Tales by Light S02E06Life and Death: Part 2April 21, 2017Stephen Dupont's quest for reverent depictions of life and death brings him to Namibia's deserts and the Bushmen of the Kalahari.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season036Episodes2018AiredSeason avg
  1. S03E01Tales by Light S03E01Children In Need: Part 1August 26, 2018Documenting impoverished, at-risk children for UNICEF, photographer Simon Lister is joined in Bangladesh by goodwill ambassador Orlando Bloo
  2. S03E02Tales by Light S03E02Children In Need: Part 2September 16, 2018Simon and Orlando continue their Bangladesh trip, visiting a makeshift school and photographing young children working in hazardous jobs for
  3. S03E03Tales by Light S03E03Paradise in Peril: Part 1September 2, 2018Undersea photographer Shawn Heinrichs fights to preserve the rapidly vanishing diversity of ocean life by capturing its beauty in dazzling i
  4. S03E04Tales by Light S03E04Paradise in Peril: Part 2September 16, 2018Shawn continues his quest to conserve marine wildlife by capturing some arresting manta ray pictures in the Raja Ampat Islands of Indonesia.
  5. S03E05Tales by Light S03E05Preserving Indigenous Culture: Part 1September 9, 2018Dylan River continues a family tradition of filmmaking focused on the Aboriginal people of his native Australia with a tour of ancient rock
  6. S03E06Tales by Light S03E06Preserving Indigenous Culture: Part 2September 16, 2018Dylan journeys into Arnhem Land, where he participates in a welcoming ritual and films the customs and tribal lifeways of the Yolngu people.

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

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