Day to Night Series by Stephen Wilkes

Through looking at more time lapse photography I found this series by Stephen Wilkes. Much like the series by Fong Qi Wei this one creates a gradient over the image using time, but what is fascinating about these is that it reads as one single image. Stephen Wilkes has merged/overlaid his photographs in way that you cannot tell. The series by Fong Qi Wei has obvious cuts and panels but these images creates a clean image where there is a simple transition between day to night without interruption anywhere in the image.

This series focuses in on iconic cities and are mesmerising to look at. I find also that they are also entirely about the transition of time, there is not a single element on the image which is the focus but rather it reads as a whole, as well as shows the differences that time creates in the scene.

Something else I have gathered from these images is the light qualities. The night shots contain a warm white light and coloured lights whereas the daytime images all maintain a cool crisp natural light which helps to create that contrast between day and night.

New Yorks, Time Square

Santa Monica Pier, California

Flat Iron Building, New York