night photo book vol one
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CONTEMPORARY NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHYTRANSCRIPT
VOL 01
CO
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ROBERTDYKE
PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO
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sKEwED nATuRE ....................................................................................................................................................................... 01 ....AuTumn DEsCEnT ....................................................................................................................................................................... 02 ....FOCusED BARs ....................................................................................................................................................................... 03 ....sILEnT sLIDE ....................................................................................................................................................................... 04 ....FEATuRELEss wATERs ....................................................................................................................................................................... 05 ....IROn AssIsTAnTs ....................................................................................................................................................................... 06 ....AmBER GROwTH ....................................................................................................................................................................... 07 ....REsERVED sPACE ....................................................................................................................................................................... 08 ....LIGHT sHARD ....................................................................................................................................................................... 09 ....CHAIR InCInERATIOn ....................................................................................................................................................................... 10 ....mInus DOOR ....................................................................................................................................................................... 11 ....BROKEn TImBER ....................................................................................................................................................................... 12 ....DIsTAnT ALLEY ....................................................................................................................................................................... 13 ....sTATIOnARY PAss ....................................................................................................................................................................... 14 ....nOCTuRnAL GLOw ....................................................................................................................................................................... 15 ....RuRAL CROss ....................................................................................................................................................................... 16 ....
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A smALL COLLECTIOn OF TREEs; DIsTORTED AnD
COnTORTED. REACHInG ACCROss THE PATH,
ATTEmPTTInG TO HARVEsT THE ARTIFICIAL LIGHT
GEnERATED FROm nEARBY LAnTERns.
THIs ImAGE DEmOnsTRATEs THE
ImPACT OF COnTRAsTs AnD COLOuRs OFTEn
sEEn In LOw LIGHTImAGERY.
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THE AuTumn DEsCEnT. wHETHER On A DEsCEnT OR InCLInE, THE RuRAL quALITIEs OF THE sEAsOn BECOmE ALL THE mORE ACCEssIBLE TO THE OnLOOKER.
THE DAmP sTEPs HARVEsT THE suRROunDInG LIGHT AnD REFLECT IT BACK InTO THE DARKnEss.
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A PORCH LIGHT, jumPInG AnD CAsCADInG FROm
BRICK, COnCRETE AnD mETAL; FOLLOwInG A LInEAR ROuTE wHILsT
EsCAPInG IT’s suRROunDInGs. BRIEF
PuLsEs OF PuRE sIGHTLEss BLACKs InTERVEnE AnD
GOVERn In ITs ABsEnCE.
THIs PATTERn OCCuRs wHEnEVER A PREsEnCE Is
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THE suBuRBs InTERTwInE wITH BYPAssEs, unDERPAssEs AnD nOIsE. mOmEnTs AwAY FROm THIs LIEs A smALL, quIET PLAYGROunD. DAYTImE GREYs BECOmE A nIGHT’s VIBRAnCE; ILLumInATIOns AnD sATuRATED sTRuCTuREs.
THE PREVAILInG OF THE nIGHT swARms THE PLAYGROunD, TuRnInG IT InTO ITs Own TEmPLATE OF InTERACTIVITY.
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A FOunTAIn, PLACED In THE uPPER quADRAnT OF
THE ARBORETum. COnsTAnT RunnInG
wATER, DEsPITE nO OnE BEInG PREsEnT TO
ExPERIEnCE THE ALTERnATIVE VIEw.
THE FLOw OF TImE HAs nO EFFECT On HOw THE
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THE IROn AssIsTAnTs AIDInG In THE PATH AnD DIRECTIOn OF THE VIsITOR. FROm LOw AnGLEs, APPEARInG TO REsTRICT THE LIGHT wITH LITTLE EFFECT.
sPLITTInG LIGHT uP InTO sECTIOns AnD LInEs, BECOmInG APARTnERsHIP FOR EsTAB LIsHInG A sTATIC LIGHT sHOw.6
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THE wARm APPEARAnCE OF THE PATHwAY
LAnTERn COnVEYs A sEnsE OF CALm,
TRAnquILITY AnD sTILLnEss.
THIs Is DELIVERED AT An ALmOsT InFInITE PACE.
In nOT BEInG EFFECTED BY TImE, THE sImPLICITY
AnD LACK OF ExCEssIVE COnTEnT mAKEs FOR A
PLACE EnRICHED In OPPORTunITIEs FOR
THOuGHT AnD REFLECTIOn.
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suBjECTED BY THE COnsTAnT usE AnD nEVER EnDInG sERVICE.
An unusAL sCEnE wITH A sILEnT TRAIn COACH, sTRIPPED OF ORGAnIC TRAFFIC, BIKEs AnD LuGGAGE. nO LIGHT FROm wITHIn, THE sILEnT CARRIAGE BECOmEs A PEACEFuL AnD sTILL OBjECT; mORE sO BY THE RAREITY OF IT’s unRECOGnIzABLE suRROnDInGs.
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sHARDs OF LIGHT PIERCInG A CHARRED
sHELL. THE RuIns BECOmE VIsIBLE As THE mILDEw
mORnInG LIGHT mORPHs InTO An AFTERnOOn
EnGuLFmEnT. A VERTICAL DROP,
smACKInG InTO THE COnCRETE GROunD AnD
RETREATInG TO ALL CORnERs OF THE ROOm.
THIs BEInG THE OnLY EnTITY TO VIsIT THE
OTHERwIsE unsEEn AnD unTOuCHED sPACE.
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THE AFTERmATH OF A FIRE LEFT A sERIEs OF InTRIGuInG ARTEFACTs.
OnE OF THEsE Is An OVERTuRnED CHAIR, wHICH EnCAPsuLATEs THE BLAzE AnD CREATEs A TImELEss ImPREssIOn OF wHAT TOOK PLACE.
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AnOTHER VICTIm OF THE FIRE Is A TuRnED OVER DOOR. OnCE THE FIRE
TOOK HOLD, THE DOOR wAs unHInGED, sO HAs
sInCE BECOmE OBsOLETE.
BEInG LEFT TO DECOmPOsE AnD ROT, THE uLTRAVIOLET BLuEs
sHInInG THROuGH A nEARBY wInDOw
EnVELOPEs THE ROOm’s FEATuREs AnD
CREATEs A nEw ROLE.
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THE COLLAPsE OF THIs CEILInG PROVED TO BE A VERY InTEREsTInG FOCAL POInT wITH THE mAIn ATTEnTIOn BEInG PAID TO THE TImBER In THE CEnTER OF THE FRAmE.
TAKEn In THE DARKEsT PART OF THE BuILDInG, FACInG OuT InTO THE OPEn.
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In THE DIsTAnCE A sInGLE LIGHT LEADInG THE wAY
AnD ALLOwInG THIs ALLEYwAY TO BE VIsIBLE.
THE PAssAGE CREATEs An InsTInCTIVE sEnsE OF
CuRIOsITY AnD HAs An InVITInG nATuRE.
THE LIGHT REACHInG LOnG DIsTAnCEs DRAws
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InTImIDATInG unDERnEATHs OF CITY ROADs. COnsTRuCTED In COnCRETE AnD OnLY ExIsT TO sERVE A LOAD BEARInG PuRPOsE.
EVEn THEsE sPACEs CAn BE OF InTEREsT As THE LIFELEssnEss OF THE sCEnE PuLLs THE VIEwER In, As IF In AnTICIPATIOn FOR sOmETHInG TO HAPPEn.
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wITH THE POInT OF FOCus BEInG THE
HIGHLIGHTED wALL, THIs ImAGE sHOws THAT LIGHT
CAn BE A VERYVERsATILE PHEnOmEnOn.
EVEn AFTER PLACInG THE LIGHT In THE
BACKGROunD, IT sTILL mAnAGEs TO TAKE OVER
THE FRAmE AnDExPAnD.
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THE REsuLT OF A FIRE Is THE CREATIOn OF nEw LIFE. THE FIRE HAD ExPOsED THE OuTsIDE sPACE AnD CLEARED A PATH FOR nEw ACTIVITY.
THIs wILL InEVITABLY BE InTERRuPTED BY FuTuRE DEVELOPmEnT wITH THE COnsTRuCTIOn OF COmmERICAL sTRuCTuREs.
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COnTEmPORARY nIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROBERT DYKE Is A COLLECTIOn OF ImAGEs DEPICTInG THE VuLnERABILTY OF THE nIGHT AnD THEPOwER OF EmPTY sPACEs. ImAGEs CAPTuRED In LInCOLn CITY.