Perch Pounce
A great blue heron flipping up a white perch to swallow. Taken at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge in Delaware, a wetland refuge created out of a swamp. Image was taken for a photo essay to illustrate the richness that has been restored at a time that the Trump administration is rolling back clean water […]
Puffins of Maine
The Atlantic Puffin was nearly hunted into extinction on nearly every island in Maine in the 1880s. With conservation efforts that began in 1973 with relocating puffin chicks from Newfoundland, there are now more than 1,400 breeding pairs. These are images of puffins bringing fish back to their chicks, nuzzling in affection, and surrounding a […]
Heron Harpoon
This is an image of a great blue heron snapping up a herring from the Charles River in Greater Boston. The Charles was once so polluted, that boaters who fell in the water were advised to get tetanus shots. After a federally-enforced, globally renowned cleanup, the spring herring run has been restored, drawing herons, osprey, […]
Hippopotamus
a playjul young hippo showed nice performance: diving up and down, mouth open, water splashing – maybe to impress another hippo. This happened within half an hour in the Khwai River of the Moremi N.R. in Botswana
THE SEA IS WATCHING YOU
In the waters of Tonga, I encountered a rare and miraculous sight—a mother whale and her calf. With no diving equipment, relying only on breath and body, I remained completely still. Drawn by an unspoken connection, the young whale approached, its calm eyes meeting mine. Years of freediving and waterfall training in Japan allowed me […]
Fragments of Reflection
In November 2022, while in Palermo for a photography exhibition, I wandered into the botanical garden on a quiet morning. Alone among birdsong and soft light, I discovered a pond where reflections shimmered in the breeze. Water, my subject for over a decade, reveals both its own beauty and a transformed reality. These images capture […]
Silent Bond
Silent Bond captures the quiet tension between presence and tenderness – a moment where movement yields to trust. Rendered in black and white, the photograph distills the timeless grace of the equine form into a meditation on connection and emotional intelligence. Anna Archinger’s lens isolates gesture and light to reveal the unspoken dialogue between beings, […]
Quiet Guardians of the Morning
On a foggy morning in a canyon in Central California, a view from my front door stands three deer amongst the fog and the mossy trees of the canyon. The deer are quiet; pausing in a moment of stillness. The fog softened the canyon, revealing the delicate shapes of the deer and the textures of […]
Hidden Beauty
True beauty is not always seen, but hidden — subtle and elusive. In this series, I explore fleeting moments of nature through a metaphorical lens, transforming the ordinary into something magical. By revealing less, I seek to express more — because beauty is not only seen, but deeply felt.
Meeting in the rain
On a rainy day, a damselfly is captured meeting up a ladybug.