About this season
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.
Episodes (6)
1. Sacred Nature: Part 1
Aired 25 October 2016 • 23 min
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
Aired 25 October 2016 • 23 min
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
Aired 21 April 2017 • 23 min
Underwater photographer Eric Cheng seeks the truth about demonized and mythologized creatures, starting with the green anaconda of Brazil.
4. Misunderstood Predators: Part 2
Aired 21 April 2017 • 23 min
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
Aired 21 April 2017 • 23 min
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
Aired 21 April 2017 • 23 min
Stephen Dupont's quest for reverent depictions of life and death brings him to Namibia's deserts and the Bushmen of the Kalahari.