Twilight: Photography in the Magic Hour

About this book

Twilights otherworldly and alchemical qualities have long attracted artists but for photographers who are particularly attuned to the subtleties of light it is an especially significant time. This book draws together the work of contemporary photographers who have explored the visual and psychological effects of the transition from day to night. It examines their technically ambitious attempts to record or replicate the rapid and transient effects of daylight succumbing to darkness and analyses the mysterious states of mind and awakened sensibilities these works suggest at the threshold between the familiar and the unknown. In placing the photographs in their broader historical literary meteorological and technical contexts Twilight reveals the timeless allure of the magic hour.