I discovered Lynn Saville’s series Night/Shift at Brian Ulrich’s studio, we were looking through his extensive photo book library and this book was one that I saw. I’ve always been interested in night time photography, I like how things are different depending on the time of day. Light has a transformative quality to it, and Lynn Saville’s series captures images around New York during the transition between night and day.
“Fine-art photographer Lynn Saville was educated at Duke University and Pratt Institute. Saville specializes in photographing both cities and rural settings at twilight and dawn, or as she describes it, "the boundary times between night and day."
Her photographs are published in two monographs: Acquainted With the Night (Rizzoli, 1997) and Night/Shift (Random House/Moncelli, 2009). ÊHer work is represented by the Yancey Richardson Gallery in New York and is in the permanent art collections of major museums, corporations, and individuals. She lives in New York City with her husband, the poet Philip Fried.” -from the artist’s website
“It is the trompe l'oeil of post-twilight, when shadows work like makeup to erase a city's blemishes (sidewalk cracks, stoops strewn with matted leaves, the unseemly peel on otherwise handsome facades), that attracts Ms. Saville.”
Danto, Ginger. "Acquainted With the Hour That Falls Before the Night." Lynn Saville : Fine Art Photography. New York times, 05 Jan. 2003. Web. 09 Oct. 2011.
“I appreciate the mysterious spaces created by the illumination of architecture and urban public places and their sources of light. At night, these places are filled with perceptual ambiguities created by deep shadows, light, and blurred outlines. In photography, there is a dislocation between the subject and its normal context. I shoot in twilight most of the time because most of my images have the sky and building in them. If there is no contrast between the sky and the building, it becomes dull and loses depth. During the twilight, the sky and architecture separate from each other and there are interesting details showing on a roof. I don’t want to miss these details. I respond to the mystery of night, to its beauty and its sublime qualities. I like the visual aspect of darkness and artificial light sources.”
Lee, Minny. "Night Vision, Lynn Saville." Daylight. Daylight Magazine, 11 June 2009. Web. 09 Oct. 2011. <http://www.daylightmagazine.org/blog/2009/6/11/421>.
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New York, USA Link to Interview/Review: http://www.daylightmagazine.org/blog/2009/6/11/421
Artist’s Site: http://www.lynnsaville.com/index.html
Gallery Site: http://www.yanceyrichardson.com/artists/lynn-saville/index.html
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