Portfolios > TWILIGHT

The first experimental photographs in this series, ‘Twilight over Mandava’, were taken in beautiful winter twilight using a digital camera. Later, while digitally editing the images I was surprised at some of the qualities that would come through. The light reminded me of the sublime essence to be found in the work of the great Romantic painter, Casper Von Friedrich and brought to mind the painting ‘Abbey in the Oakwood’, with its moon a redemptive symbol of hope and Christianity.

I have continued using this approach in subsequent photographs, pointing the camera at an almost blacken sky in an attempt to capture the last light of the day. I relish the element of chance and the resulting grainy, etching-like textures found in the images.

Storm Skyline I
Pigment print on cotton rag paper
45 x 25 cms, edition: 20
2013
Storm Skyline II
Pigment print on cotton rag paper
45 x 25 cms, edition: 20
2013
Tinted Skyline
Pigment print on cotton rag paper
45 x 25 cms, edition: 20
2013
Night Garden I
Pigment print on cotton rag paper
25 x 45 cms, edition: 20
2013
Night Garden II
Pigment print on cotton rag paper
25 x 45 cms, edition: 20
2013
Night Garden III
Pigment print on cotton rag paper
25 x 45 cms, edition: 20
2013
Night Garden IV
Pigment print on cotton rag paper
45 x 25 cms, edition: 20
2013
Night Garden V
Pigment print on cotton rag paper
45 x 25 cms, edition: 20
2013
Twilight over Mandava
Pigment print on cotton rag paper
45 x 25 cms, edition: 20
2013
Nearly Night Time I
Pigment print on cotton rag paper
45 x 25 cms, edition: 20
2013
Nearly Night Time II
Pigment print on cotton rag paper
45 x 25 cms, edition: 20
2013
Nearly Night Time III
Pigment print on cotton rag paper
45 x 25 cms, edition: 20
2013