For most of human history, man-made light has signified hope and progress. Christina Seely's "Lux" examines the contemporary disconnect between the beauty of the artificial light that emanates from the earth's surface and the complexity of what this light represents. Made between 2005 and 2010, and titled after the unit for measuring illumination, the project focuses on light produced by 45 cities in the United States, Western Europe, China and Japan--the most brightly illuminated regions on NASA maps of the earth at night. These economically and politically powerful regions have the greatest...
For most of human history, man-made light has signified hope and progress. Christina Seely's "Lux" examines the contemporary disconnect between the be...