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Babak Tafreshi
SCIENCE PHOTOGRAPHER & CINEMATOGRAPHER
BOSTON, MA

FEATURED PLENARY

Tuesday, 13 December 2022
12:45PM (CT)
Grand Ballroom, McCormick Place
Babak Tafreshi is an Iranian-American science photographer, cinematographer, and National Geographic explorer. Since 2007, Tafreshi has directed The World at Night program with a team of leading night sky photographers across nearly 20 countries. The program’s mission to reveal the value of natural dark skies and impact of light pollution was captured through The World at Night, a book authored by Tafreshi and published in multiple languages. Tafreshi uses visual stories, timelapse motion, and virtual reality to create an understandable portal to wonders of Earth and sky. His work is recognized by the 2022 National Geographic Wayfinder Award, the Royal Photography Society Award for Scientific Imaging, and the 2009 Lennart Nilsson Award. In addition, the International Astronomical Union named the 2-km minor planet 276163 after Tafreshi.
Born in 1978 in Tehran, his passion for the night sky started in childhood with the first look at the moon through a telescope. He studied physics and worked as an astronomy and space journalist at Iranian astronomy magazine from 1997 to 2007, and presented in more than 100 TV programs and documentaries. He left Iran in 2011 and currently lives near Boston.
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