HENSON, Bill - Lux et Nox

Background information

"Internationally renowned photographer Bill HENSON is a passionate and visionary explorer of twilight zones, between day and night, nature and civilization, youth and adulthood, male and female.

Content

Bill HENSON's photographs of landscapes at dusk, of the industrial no-mans land at the outskirts of our cities, of androgynous girls and boys adrift in the nocturnal turmoil of adolescence - painterly tableaux that continue the traditions of romantic literature and painting. The rich chiaroscuro, the oscillating light, and the masterful composition of his photographs map enigmatic states that escape rationalisms iron grip, providing a much-needed antidote to a culture that increasingly looses itself in a numbing vortex of blinking screens and glittering surfaces." (© Thames & Hudson)

Additional information

The first edition of 2003 was followed by a new edition published by an English publisher in 2011; both editions are completely out of print.

About the Australian photographer, Bill HENSON (b. 1955)

Photo books by Bill HENSON