Lunar lens
Darren Almond’s nocturnal nature series
In Fullmoon, the conceptual meets the poetic: British artist Darren Almond catches natural
archetypes and silent landscapes in night photographs made under a full
moon, with the shutter kept open for over a quarter of an hour. 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 blankets the earth like a misty
froth. The enhanced moonlight infuses the pictures with a haunting
quality, casting the landscapes in a sense of the sublime and in a
contemplation both of time, and of the preciousness of our natural surroundings.
ΤΑSCHEN Books
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