Artist statement: Now in its fifth series Midnight modern (2013–20) explores the architecture of Modernism, captured using only the light of the full moon.
The images explore the relationship between the tangible architecture and landscape and the intangible quality of the pure moonlight and the cinematic aesthetic it yields.
Intended to act as the stage for an unspoken narrative, the images invite the viewer to script the story going on behind the walls of these architectural masterpieces.
The time of capture becomes increasingly ambiguous with the intention for the viewer to lose their sense of whether the images might be captured during day or night, in 1958 or 2020. The questions become not where but when and who.
The image shown captures the Bob Hope residence designed by famed modernist architect John Lautner. The addition of the house to the series was the result of seven years of negotiation to gain access to the property which sits atop the mountains of Palm Springs on a private road.
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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.
