An annual fire festival is held in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on July 14, 2019. (Photo by Kyodo News via Getty Images)

People participate in the annual “No Pants Subway Ride” in New York City, U.S., January 12, 2020. (Photo by Brendan McDermid/Reuters)

Russian cadets march during the annual cadet schools get-together in Moscow, Russia on March 30, 2018. (Photo by Mladen Antonov/AFP Photo)

People take part in the annual kite festival at Abu Nawas park in Baghdad, on March 17, 2023. (Photo by Murtadha Ridha/AFP Photo)

A person takes part in the annual LGBTQ+ Pride parade in Phuket, Thailand on June 4, 2023. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)

Israelis in costumes spray water on each other during the annual Tel Aviv Water War on Hbima Square in Tel Aviv, Israel,10 July 2015. The annual water fight is on his 11th edition. (Photo by Abir Sultan/EPA)

Seth Casteel is an award-winning photographer and the New York Times Best Selling Author of Underwater Dogs. His new book, Underwater Puppies, was published September 16, 2014. Photo: “Underwater Puppies”: Popcicle. (Photo by Seth Casteel)

Geof Kern is an internationally renown photographer based in Dallas. He stands among the most awarded American photographers.