In the case of going through the tremendous floodplains of Africa or Thailand's lavish mangrove timberlands, when photographic artist Michael Poliza investigates the world, he rehearses one guideline: take only pictures and leave only impressions.
In the course of the most recent two decades, Poliza has made a trip to just about 180 nations to catch lively and energetic photographs concentrated on personal snapshots of creatures and the world's least-archived scenes.
Catching these uncommon minutes requires tolerance and a comprehension of the sporadic rhythms of the wild, however even the most prepared untamed life picture takers are not invulnerable to nature's impulses.
One day in 2011, while taking off over Purnululu National Park in Western Australia, Poliza and his helicopter pilot were excessively consumed by the magnificence of its colony like stone developments to see they were going straight towards a tempest.
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"Lightning was descending left and right and here and there, and I had an open entryway in the rear of the helicopter which you can't close, so the downpour was coming in. It was totally dark," said Poliza.
It was, he recollects, a "frightening evening," however not a squandered one. As reported in his most recent book "The World," the mix of forcing structures and packaged lightning is among his most staggering photography to date.
