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Babak Tafreshi
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Science photojournalist Babak Tafreshi merges art and science through visual stories related to the night sky. In the past three decades, he has documented night scenes in all continents, in stills, videos, and 360 VRs. He has been directing The World at Night program since 2007 with a team of 40 photographers in 25 countries. His current project, Life at Night Atlas, reveals the values of natural dark nights and the global impact of light pollution.

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Under the Stars with the SIGMA 15mm F1.4 DG DN Diagonal Fisheye Art Lens

While night sky photographers often choose more traditional rectilinear lenses for their work, fisheye lenses offer a unique, exceptionally wide angle of view that can result in truly special images. Astrophotographer Babak Tafreshi put the SIGMA 15mm F1.4 DG DN Diagonal Fisheye | Art lens to the test under the stars to see how it performs.

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The Beauty of the Night Sky with the SIGMA 24mm F2 DG DN Contemporary Lens

Photographer Babak Tafreshi was unsure how an ultra-compact wide-angle lens would capture the vastness of the night sky, but the images created with the SIGMA 24mm F2 DG DN | Contemporary lens made him a believer.