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  "I like to surprise people with my photographs, probably because I like surprises myself... Sure, there is a lot of sorrow in the world, but there is a lot of joy, too! I like to capture that joy and share it with millions of readers in National Geographic magazine..." |
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 Beauty goes on parade as finalists in the Elite Model Look compete in the search for a new look and face. |
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  Where others see hardship and discomfort, Maria Stenzel sees tranquillity and beauty. "I always prefer a tent to a hotel room. I find solace in landscape. The more I travel—to remote places like Antarctica, the Bolivian Altiplano, the Madagascar rainforest—the bigger I think the world is. Some people say, 'The world is homogenous; the world is small.' Not where I go! It's still big. It's still timeless. To hike out in Antarctica and have a scientist say to you, 'It has not rained here in 17 million years,' that's timeless." |
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 Scientists fish for secrets locked inside Antarctica's winder sea. |
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  Annie Griffiths Belt describes what it was like to dress as a man to photograph a Hasidic holiday—where women were not allowed to attend. |
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 Faith burns brightly during the Jewish holidays of Lag b'Omer when Hasidic Jews light bonfires to honor Rabbi Simeon. |
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