Christina Seely

Christina Seely, 2007, Lux: Metropolis (Madrid), c-print, 48 x 60”

Christina Seely, 2007, Lux: Metropolis (Birmingham), c-print, 48 x 60”

Christina Seely, 2007, Lux: Metropolis (Kyoto), c-print, 48 x 60”

Christina Seely, 2007, Lux: Metropolis (Paris), c-print, 48 x 60”

Christina Seely, 2007, Lux: Metropolis (Tokyo), c-print, 48 x 60”

Lux documents the artificial glow produced by major cities in the three brightest regions of the world, as seen through NASA studies of the world at night.  Using extremely long exposures, seely captures so much ambient light, that the end prints appear to glow or almost washed out by the light pollution. 

Christina Seely, 2007, Lux: Metropolis (San Francisco), c-print, 48 x 60”

Christina Seely, 2007, Lux: Metropolis (Las Vegas), c-print, 48 x 60”

Christina Seely, 2007, Lux: Metropolis (Nagoya), c-print, 48 x 60”

Christina Seely, 2007, Lux: Metropolis (Chicago), c-print, 48 x 60”

Christina Seely, 2007, Lux: Metropolis (New York), c-print, 48 x 60”

Christina Seely, 2007, Lux: Metropolis (Boston), c-print, 48 x 60”

Christina Seely, 2007, Lux: Metropolis (London), c-print, 48 x 60”