The tension between human habitation and animal migration is one of wildlife photography's most potentially captivating themes. And this dramatic nighttime scene of an encounter between elephants and villagers along a West Bengal river captures it beautifully.
When Torchlight Meets Tusks depicts a moment of raw conflict in Bishnupur, West Bengal, India, as a herd of elephants attempts to wade across a river – only to be met with torchlight and firecrackers from local villagers attempting to drive them away.
