Sara Barnes

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What does it mean to forgive someone? How is reconciliation possible when a person commits the worst acts imaginable?

In 1528, an enslaved man from Morocco washed ashore on what's now Texas. He was worse for wear; he had spent a month adrift in the Gulf of Mexico alongside Spanish sailors on a rickety lifeboat.

The 2026 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year (AGNPOTY) competition has unveiled its shortlist of 100 incredible images highlighting wildlife and landscapes.

“I experienced a strange sensation, as if I were standing on another planet, in another time, confronted with an entirely new landscape.”

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the City Council have agreed to provide record-level funding to the Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA). The city government will give $323.8 million to DCLA as part of its

“Across categories, the strongest work operated on more than one level simultaneously: legible on first encounter, yet resistant to easy interpretation. These are images that require attention, that continue to unfold the longer you stay with them,” Sanner continues. “What unites the winners is a shared understanding that photography's real power lies not in what it shows, but in what it withholds, reframes, and quietly insists upon.”

“I feel a lot of responsibility—and all of us do—to make sure we keep that spirit of making and doing, when hands-on creative work feels harder to do in cities.”

“She used to be a woman looking away, turning inward—quiet, contemplative, passive. In this new version, she’s not so soft anymore...She respects herself and knows her self-worth. She’s done being small for other people or waiting for permission.”