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by viqaiq
Q. Describe the source and quality of the light in the room you are sitting in (paying special attention to the light’s color, intensity and direction)?
A. The quality of light changes markedly throughout the day and year and there are significant differences in light by source (romantic dinners are carried out by candle light not florescent light, for example). Light is unbelievably mercurial and fascinating. It can be buttery or white, soft or bright and can come from any direction. The differences between natural and artificial light are also significant. Spend a day simply watching what happens as natural light shifts through a room or visit a lighting store and compare the light made by different kinds of lightbulbs. You might be surprised at how much variation there is. Developing an artist’s sensibility to light might change the way you view almost everything.
These photographs are the work of Hiroshi Sugimoto, a master of perception and careful observation. As a photographer he engages us with an elemental but profound subject of immense complexity – light itself.
Hear Sugimoto discuss his work with light at the following link.
viqaiq.com 