This week I stumbled upon Tom Blachford's Midnight Modern, displayed on the British Journal of Photography website. The Australian artist felt drawn to California's modernist architecture and decided to photograph the landscape at night after discovering the effect of the full moon's illumination. What initially struck me about these images was the color contrast between the sky and the architecture, as well as the smoothness of the background landscape against the more detailed texture of the rocks and architecture. The luminescence reminds me of the kind of light source that would be produced by a colossal explosion. The image displaying a closer view of the house's windows and the reflection of the city was interesting to me because it shows the lights of the nighttime city landscape, which contradicts with the apparent daytime lighting. This detail reminded me of the importance of closely examining any photograph for the imbedded meanings within its components.
All images © Tom Blachford
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