Darren Almond (fullmoon)

Photographies de Almond Darren
Short description/annotation:
In Darren Almond’s Fullmoon photographs, the light of the moon is eerily enhanced, infusing the landscape with haunting ideas of nature and time. This expanded edition includes over 370 images—from Yosemite to the Japanese seashore, from Patagonia to Bermuda, and from the Alps to the English meadows—in a beautiful journey around the globe at night.
Description:

In Darren Almond’s Fullmoon photographs, the light of the moon is eerily enhanced, infusing the landscape with haunting ideas of nature and time. This expanded edition includes over 370 images—from Yosemite to the Japanese seashore, from Patagonia to Bermuda, and from the Alps to the English meadows—in a beautiful journey around the globe at night.

Review quote:
“The long exposure time illuminates the landscape almost like daybreak, but the atmosphere is different: a mild glow emanates even from the shadows, star-lines cross the sky, and water resembles a misty froth.”
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“The poetry of silent landscapes captured in moonlight wherein the camera shutter is opened for over 15 minutes at a time.”
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“Many of Almond’s cragged landscapes seem otherworldly enough to be shot on the moon… darkly beautiful, full of grace and mystery and danger.“
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“With long exposures, you can never see what you are shooting. But you are giving the landscape longer to express itself.”
Biographical note:
Darren Almond was born in 1971 in Wigan, England. He is a conceptual artist whose work in photography, film and sculpture revolves around themes of personal memory, cultural history and time. His major solo exhibitions include shows at the ICA and the Tate Britain in London, Kunsthalle Zürich, K21 Düsseldorf, Museum Folkwang Essen, SITE Santa Fe, and Art Tower Mito in Japan.