David Stephenson: Light Cities

Name: David Stephenson: Light Cities
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9783775756785
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David Stephenson: Light Cities presents stunning large-format photographs capturing cities at night across America, Australia, and Asia. These images unveil the globalised urban sprawl, energy consumption, and light pollution. The glowing "light cities" depicted in the book reflect both the positive and negative aspects of our... Read More

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David Stephenson: Light Cities

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Description

David Stephenson: Light Cities presents stunning large-format photographs capturing cities at night across America, Australia, and Asia. These images unveil the globalised urban sprawl, energy consumption, and light pollution.

The glowing "light cities" depicted in the book reflect both the positive and negative aspects of our industrialised society. They are extraordinary examples of a monumental technological sublime, where awe, beauty, and human aspiration are tinged with the shadow of looming environmental catastrophe, as our engine of modernity seems to be running on empty.

An accompanying essay by photographic historian Keith F. Davis explores the evolving idea of the city as a key theme in photography. Davis discusses what the city symbolises, from the modernist city as an engineering feat to the after-modernist city as a hub of energy and information.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783775756785

Publisher: Hatje Cantz

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 20 June 2024

Country: Germany

Imprint: Hatje Cantz

Illustration: 88 Illustrations, color

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 297.0mm

Height: 240.0mm

Weight: 880g

Pages: 96

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

DAVID STEPHENSON (*1955, Washington D.C.) has lived in Australia since 1982, when he took up a teaching post at the University of Tasmania Art School. A fascination for the vast in space and time has led him to travel and photograph extensively around the world, with journeys to Europe, the Himalayas, and both the Arctic and Antarctic. His photographs and video works have been widely exhibited in galleries around the world.