Talented Night Photographer

The word “photography” has its roots in Greek, roughly translating to “writing of light.” Just as text is most interesting when free of superfluous words, photography using little light is often the most intriguing. Night photographers, consequently, are some of the most captivating “writers” in the medium.

David Baldwin

British photographer David Baldwin uses the limited light available from the night sky to illuminate his images. He finds this light using long exposure times, and by escaping the light pollution of the city to focus on nature in the English countryside.

Andy Frazer

Californian photographer Andy Frazer is another specialist in night photography. While he takes night photos of locales all around California, some of his most striking pictures are of the object photographed more than any other in the world: the Golden Gate Bridge. Frazer’s photographs of the Bridge at night showcase several of the characteristics that make night photographs so unique, including reflected, shimmering light on water, and the streaks of light formed from long exposure times.

Dmitry Konstantinov

Russian photographer Dmitry Konstantinov has specialized in taking night photographs of the iconic buildings of Moscow. Whereas other night photographers draw add color from natural or artificial lighting, Konstantinov draws his coloring from the existing color in the buildings at the focus of his images, the colorful spires that make up so much of Moscow’s architecture.

Troy Paiva

As featured in his 2008 book Night Vision: The Art of Urban Exploration, Troy Paiva’s night photography focuses on relics of American industry lying in disrepair. These relics, often the hulls of automobiles, often exude a hearth-like glow from within, and are painted with bright lights that stick to the vehicles’ exteriors.

Source: weburbanist

~ by kkwu on July 30, 2008.