Babak Tafreshi

Babak A. Tafreshi is a photojournalist and science communicator. The National Geographic night sky photographer, merging art and science, he is also the founder and director of The World At Night program, a board member of the Astronomers Without Borders organization, a contributing photographer to Sky & Telescope magazine, and the European Southern Observatory. Born in 1978 in Tehran, Babak lives in the Boston area, but he is often on the move and could be anywhere, from the heart of the Sahara to the Himalayas or Antarctica. He received the 2009 Lennart Nilsson Award, the world’s most recognized award at the time for scientific imaging, for his global contribution to night sky photography. www.babaktafreshi.com  @babaktafreshi