Chapter Eight — City at Night

Afterimage

Eleven long exposures of New York at night — streets and faces held long enough to blur into memory.

Series

VIII

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2022

New York City

Pl. 01 of

11

Afterimage

About the Series

VIII

Afterimage

VIII

( about the series )

Location

New York City

Made

Winter nights, 2022

Medium

Long exposure, handheld

Photographs

Eleven

Close your eyes after looking at a lit window and it stays there, inverted and soft. These photographs try to hold that afterimage instead of the window.

Each was made handheld, with the shutter open for a full second, walking.

Pl. 01

Night Crossing

Long exposure, 2022

Pl. 02

Afterglow

Long exposure, 2022

Pl. 03

Passing

Long exposure, 2022

Pl. 04

Mirror

Long exposure, 2022

“What stays is never what I photographed.”

— Notebook, winter

Pl. 05

River at Night

Long exposure, 2022

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11

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