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The photon is the quantum of the electromagnetic four-potential, and therefore the massless bosonic particle associated with the electromagnetic force, commonly also called the "particle of light". Use this tag for questions about the quantum-mechanical understanding of light and/or electromagnetic interactions.

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What is light? how is it connected to electromagnetic radiation?

I also don't understand how any of this is connected to photons, and energy travelling as the electromagnetic wave. …