In his 2014 TED Talk, Louie Schwartzberg shows footage from a film he directed for National Geographic, Mysteries of the Unseen World, in which he examines four kinds of scales: the very big, the very small, the very fast and the very slow. For all its wonder, the work is about more than just the “whoa”-factor; it’s also meant to inspire people to protect the natural world. Below see 8 images and 8 video clips from Schwartzberg’s work over the years.
Orchid Bees in Santa Rita Ridge, Panama
Photograph: Louie Schwartzberg, movingart.com.
Dew drops on a purple pansy
Photograph: Louie Schwartzberg, movingart.com.
Night sky on Maui
Photograph: Louie Schwartzberg, movingart.com.
An island near Fiji, in the South Pacific Ocean
Photograph: Louie Schwartzberg, movingart.com.
An intense close-up of a leaf
Photograph: Louie Schwartzberg, movingart.com.
Monarch butterflies in El Rosario, Mexico
Photograph: Louie Schwartzberg, movingart.com.
An orangutan in Java, Indonesia
Photograph: Louie Schwartzberg, movingart.com.
A hummingbird in Santa Rita Ridge, Panama
Photograph: Louie Schwartzberg, movingart.com.
“Sand trees” formed on Rincon Beach, California
Photograph: Louie Schwartzberg, movingart.com.
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All images courtesy of Moving Art.
