“Every extraordinary photograph requires the same three things: being in the right place, at the right time, with the right preparation. Two of those three are under your control.”
This page is updated annually with new work and new stories. Last updated: 2026.
Miami Fog — An Unrepeatable Morning
The Miami Fog series was made on a single morning in January when a rare combination of overnight temperatures and Gulf Stream conditions produced a layer of marine fog that blanketed Biscayne Bay to a height of exactly 200 feet. Above that altitude — precisely where a helicopter hovers — the sky was perfectly clear. Below, the city appeared to be floating.
The shoot lasted 40 minutes before the fog began to dissipate. The photographs have never been precisely replicated. The conditions that produced them have not recurred at the same magnitude. These are, in the truest sense, unrepeatable images. View the Miami Fog collection →
Seven Mile Bridge — Geometry at Dawn
The Seven Mile Bridge was shot from a low-flying aircraft at approximately 500 feet, 20 minutes before sunrise. At that altitude and in that light, the bridge transforms from a piece of infrastructure into something abstract — a single line dividing the dark water from the pale sky, stretching to the horizon. The coral flats on the Atlantic side catch the first light differently than the Gulf side, creating a subtle color split that only exists for about 8 minutes. View the Seven Mile Bridge collection →
Antelope Canyon — A Window of Minutes
The light beams in Antelope Canyon occur when the sun is at specific angles that create a visible shaft through the canyon’s narrow opening. This window lasts approximately 20 minutes on specific days in the late spring and early summer. The exact timing varies by a few minutes each year. Arrive 10 minutes early and you see dust. Arrive at the precise moment and you see this. View the Antelope Canyon collection →
Havana — A Document of the Possible
Cuba was photographed over multiple visits. The classic cars, the color-saturated architecture, the extraordinary faces of the Cuban people — this is a document of a place in transition. The Cuba that these photographs record is changing. The photographs are becoming more valuable as the reference they provide becomes more historical. View the Cuba collection →
Faces of India — Permission and Respect
Every portrait in the Faces of India series was made with the explicit permission and cooperation of the subject. Shot in Rajasthan and the surrounding states with a long telephoto lens that compresses backgrounds and isolates faces, these photographs required hours of building trust before the camera was raised. The results are genuine human moments, not performances for the lens. View the Faces of India collection →
About Edin Chavez: National Geographic photographer, Nikon professional, Masters of Photography. 20+ years of work across 50+ countries. Fine art prints available worldwide at edinfineart.com.