Night Sky (Long Exposures)
Experiments with the accumulation of time and light
The long exposure photographs of my series Night Sky were created during the darkest three months of the year, from 8 November 2018 to 30 January 2019, and in 2021. The photographs are an experiment with the accumulation of time and light. They are studies of a period of time rather than a snapshot of a moment in time. The series is part of my ongoing investigations into our perception of reality.
One of the photographs in this series, Night Sky No. 10, was awarded an 'Honourable Mention' by Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne, Germany in their Art Matters 2 group show.
For the purpose of this project, night means after sunset (the disappearance of the sun below the horizon due to the Earth's rotation). There is no standard definition for a long exposure. A long exposure is usually understood to render moving objects blurred and it is no longer possible to hand-hold a camera without ‘shake’. The longest exposure time for an image was 1 hour and 18 seconds. The shortest 10 seconds.
The series Night Sky consists of 78 individual photographs. Shown here and available to buy as limited edition prints is a selection.
The Book
Photographs from this series are available as a book. See the book.
Prints
Prints in a limited edition of three are available to buy. The prints are produced in-house by myself. They are numbered and hand-signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. For this edition I have chosen Bamboo paper from the Japanese paper mill Awagami in A2 size. Read more about this paper here.
To buy prints, click on an image to enlarge it. On a desktop or laptop hover the pointer over the image to display the description and the buy this limited edition print link. On mobile devices, press the red dot on grey background in the bottom right corner of your screen.
Alternatively, go straight to this series on Saatchi Art, who handle the sale of my work.
