Artist statement: Shot over the course of three stormy nights in Los Angeles, California the series Noct Angeles explores the city after dark.
Each image acts as a stage for an untold narrative, each containing infinite questions and no discernible answers.
The images seek to convey the tension, paranoia and fear that is so prevalent in Los Angeles. Focusing on minute changes in lighting temperature and embracing flare and backlight, the series seeks to find the cinematic moments in the everyday. Using long exposure in the darkness the camera acts as a bridge to another world just beyond our perceptions.
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Also known as Giclee prints or bubble-jet prints, pigment ink-jet prints are generated by computer printers from digital or scanned files using dye-based or pigment-based inks. A series of nozzles spray tiny droplets of ink onto the paper surface in a precise pattern that corresponds to the digital image file. In dye-based prints the ink soaks into the paper, whereas in pigment-based prints the ink rests and dries on top of the paper surface.
Whilst the term is broad, pigment ink-jet prints have come to be associated with prints produced on fine art papers. They are the most versatile and archival method of printing available to photographers today. A wide variety of material on which an image can be printed with such inks are available, including various textures and finishes such as matte photo paper, watercolour paper, cotton canvas or pre-coated canvas.
