Instagram Spotlight: The Moments We Remember

With all of the amazing tools modern photography has given us, it’s easy to get caught up in technical perfection or creating a unique composition. But sometimes it’s important to remind ourselves that photography started out as a way to capture a moment, a way to remember something that once happened. Sometimes the moment happening in front of us is so captivating—whether quiet, loud, bright, or dark—that we almost compulsively need to lift the camera and click.

Here we share some outstanding moments from our photographers at home and in the field. We’ve got Jimmy Chin above the Grand Tetons, Robert Clark in NYC, Paul Nicklen in Greenland, Michael Yamashita in China,

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