Twilight: Photography in the Magic Hour - Hardcover

Barnes, Martin; Best, Kate

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1858943531 ISBN 13: 9781858943534

Publisher: Merrell Publishers, 2006

Synopsis

Twilight’s otherworldly and alchemical qualities have long attracted artists, but for photographers, who are particularly attuned to the subtleties of light, it is an especially significant time. This book draws together the work of contemporary photographers who have explored the visual and psychological effects of the transition from day to night. It examines their technically ambitious attempts to record or replicate the rapid and transient effects of daylight succumbing to darkness, and analyses the mysterious states of mind and awakened sensibilities these works suggest, at the threshold between the familiar and the unknown. In placing the photographs in their broader historical, literary, meteorological and technical contexts, Twilight reveals the timeless allure of the magic hour.

About this title

About the Author:

Martin Barnes and Kate Best are both curators of photography at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

About this edition

• Publisher: Merrell Publishers
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1858943531
• ISBN 13: 9781858943534
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160