Wilson Ng, once a long-time and loyal senior photojournalist who contributed to Apple Daily for 23 years, suddenly lost his favorite job. He was one of the hundreds of staff members who became unemployed when the business was shuttered last year. That evening, Wilson’s wife Doris, suggested he become a pet photographer. Wilson has owned…

The just-released winning images of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2022 are simply so extraordinary that it’s easy to overlook the effort required to get such shots. These genius photographers have truly made once-in-a-lifetime encounters appear so easy to capture. Wildlife Photographer of the Year is developed and produced by the Natural History…

In the bustling streets of Hong Kong, people walk everywhere, and all kinds of people are close to each other; but they always have an unconscious facade and seldom open their hearts to strangers. “When I was taking photos of people interacting with cats, I saw that people can drop their facades and get along…

There’s nothing like the wild antics of animals to make us crack a smile and laugh. Featured here are some of the funniest comedian creatures caught on camera—in our books at least—to hopefully make your day. Wildlife photographers from across the globe have gone to great lengths to bring you: a monkey apparently performing CPR…

After recharging his batteries for more than two years, Kelvin Yuen, a 25-year-old photographer from Hong Kong, embarked on a trip in July 2022 to photograph the landscapes of Italy, France, and Canada. Photographer Kelvin Yuen, hiking in a mountainous area to photograph the natural beauty of the terrain. (Courtesy of Kelvin Yuen) From midsummer to…

These jaw-dropping images of ocean waves reveal the true majesty of nature. But behind the glorious shots is a human story of suffering transformed into joy, told by none other than the genius who took them, ocean photographer Ray Collins. “The ocean is all I’ve ever known. I learned many of life’s lessons from the…

He is the great-grandson of a famed Alabama governor. He grew up in the rich districts of Washington, D.C., before becoming a quintessential snowbird: part-time New Englander and part-time Floridian. Nick Mele knows he grew up privileged, with the ocean-opulent milieu of Newport, Rhode Island, serving as his childhood playground in the summer and the…

Surrounded by obsidian waters in all directions, dive photographer Wu Yung-sen is momentarily cast in limbo, with neither earth nor sky to place him anywhere. Yet, that dark, scary void engulfing him is thick with life. Yung-sen calls these black waters the “ultimate diver’s frontier,” his chosen artistic domain. Yung-sen’s exotic photographs of wildly strange deep-sea…

Lahja, a regal 6-month-old tiger from the Czech Republic, paws playfully at the snow. Then, with her barrel chest, she canters squarely at the camera, giving the impression that she will pounce straight through the lens. Her golden-brown eyes stare unflinching and with a carnivorous frankness—but Lahja is merely enjoying her playtime. These rare moments…

The moment a friendly dolphin showed up to play in the waves with a surfer turned out to be a photographer’s dream come true. Shelley Lynch was out on New Smyrna Beach, Florida, at sunrise when she captured a stunning scene. “That morning, I saw the dolphins surfing the waves to my left, and I saw…