Dawn 2009.07.22 Northwest Cape, Western Australia2009
Dusk to dawn was produced during a one-week period spent at Northwest Cape, one of Australia’s most westerly points. To create this series, Stephenson made photographs of a particular view at different times throughout the day, including at dawn, dusk and at night. The series thus maps the passage of time, alluding to the inevitability of time’s passing and the natural cycle of life.
The consistently clear skies at Northwest Cape made it the ideal location for this series. The exceptionally low horizon lines in these photographs encourage viewers to be drawn into the expanses of seemingly endless clear skies which, presented at such a scale, turn into large abstract pools of colour. For many viewers, these fields of colour may become meditative spaces of contemplation. In this way, the photographs transcend their specific location and open up to allow a reflection on deeper spiritual and mysterious aspects of the natural and phenomenal worlds.
(2017)
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