Faceless but wildly famous artist, Banksy, brought a live painted elephant to his surprise exhibition in LA in 2006, but ...

"Elephants painted by sunset light, moving through the open plains." ...

This story appears in the August 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. The royalty of India—Hindu and Muslim—understood long ago that power was best wielded from the back of an elephant.

Sarah Tse, who spends most of the year on the road, creates works inspired by the diverse landscapes she encounters, from ...