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A series · 16 photographs

Night Cities

Cities after dark, over five years: London, where I live, and wherever else I was when the light went — New York, Sydney, Budapest, Paris, Vienna, Athens, Singapore. Much of it is long exposure: traffic drawn into ribbons, water flattened into glass, a streetlamp stopped down into a star. A square built for crowds is far better without one, and several of these were made in the gaps — an empty crossing, a red light holding a whole street still.

Night photograph of the Albert Bridge in London outlined in thousands of small bulbs, its ornate towers and cables glowing gold, with blue and white vehicle light trails crossing beneath. — Albert Bridge
London · October 2021 · 1 of 16

Night photograph of the Hungarian Parliament Building floodlit gold along the Danube, its spires and central dome reflected in a long gold column on the dark water. — Parliament
Budapest, Hungary · December 2017 · 2 of 16

Night photograph of the Radio City Music Hall facade, its vertical red neon signs and illuminated marquee glowing against the dark building, a yellow cab passing below. — Radio City
New York · February 2021 · 3 of 16

Night photograph of the Sydney Harbour Bridge lit in teal and gold, its full arch mirrored in still water in the foreground with the city skyline glowing behind. — Coathanger
Sydney, Australia · February 2018 · 4 of 16

Black and white photograph looking down a narrow Manhattan side street at night, a streetlamp bursting into a hard star above wet cobblestones, tall buildings closing in on both sides. — Wet Cobbles
New York · February 2020 · 5 of 16

Night photograph of the Acropolis of Athens floodlit on its rock, the Parthenon and Erechtheion glowing pale gold, with everything around and below fallen to pure black. — Lit Rock
Athens, Greece · August 2021 · 6 of 16

Long-exposure night scene at Piccadilly Circus with red, white and blue light trails from buses sweeping past the curved facades of Regent Street. — Regent Street, Ten Seconds
Piccadilly Circus, London · February 2018 · 7 of 16

The stepped Art Deco Paramount Building in Times Square lit red and gold at night, its clock tower against a black sky, the NYPD sign at street level, wet pavement reflecting the neon and a few pedestrians and a police officer in a hi-vis vest crossing the plaza. — The Paramount, in Red
Times Square, New York · February 2021 · 8 of 16

A wide empty stone square at blue hour with a tall central column topped by a winged figure, flanked by two curved colonnades lit warm against a deep blue sky. — Heroes' Square, Empty
Budapest · December 2017 · 9 of 16

Night photograph of the Sydney Opera House and the lit CBD skyline seen through a narrow gap between two dark foreground buildings, framed by silhouetted walls and a palm. — Between the Buildings
Sydney, Australia · June 2018 · 10 of 16

Night photograph of the floodlit Eiffel Tower rising into low cloud, a bright moon glowing through the mist directly above its tip, red vehicle light trails crossing the road below. — Moon Over the Tower
Paris, France · January 2018 · 11 of 16

A tall decorated Christmas tree hung with gold ornaments standing in front of a floodlit neo-gothic city hall, its spire rising into a dark blue sky between bare branches. — The Tree and the Tower
Vienna · December 2017 · 12 of 16

A wide night-time street in Lower Manhattan shot from road level: a red traffic light hanging over a striped pedestrian crossing, security bollards along the kerb, bare winter trees, office towers lit window by window and a car's headlights approaching from the far end. — Red Light, Empty Street
New York · February 2020 · 13 of 16

The Singapore financial district at night across the bay, a large orange full moon in a teal sky above the towers, the Fullerton Hotel lit gold at the waterline and the long-exposed water reflecting the lights. — The Skyline, Under a Full Moon
Singapore · 14 of 16

Night photograph of a red London telephone box in the foreground with the floodlit Gothic facade of Westminster Abbey rising behind it, a streetlamp bursting into a star above. — Two Landmarks
London · February 2018 · 15 of 16

Tower Bridge under an orange sky, its towers and walkways lit gold against an orange sky, the bridge's lights on and the whole structure mirrored in a glassy, long-exposed Thames, a moored pontoon at left and a lamp-lined embankment wall at right. — Tower Bridge, Held Still
Tower Bridge, London · April 2022 · 16 of 16

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