City streets bustling with light. A glamorous stranger passing by, a boy cycling by in a daydream, an early morning brightened by the light of a surreal night. 

In Light of Day it’s impossible to determine what hour of the day you’re living in. Trees catching delicate moonlight, while simultaneously a midday sun draws harsh shadows over blind walls. Initially you experience the stillness of a lazy summer evening, a second later you are transported into a bright new day. And in a blink of an eye, everything changes again.

Photographer Jaap Vliegenthart experiments, as he often does in his work, with the visual frameworks of our mind: 

‘Most of the time a photo tries to capture a moment in time and I’m always looking for a story or a particular idea.
For a photographer everything feels staged, even when you are shooting real life. You’re searching for those angles that reveal more than what initially meets the eye. I wanted to capture more coincidences and to challenge the preconceived paths of my mind. Therefore, I chose to photograph one place for 24 hours and see how only natural light could shift my point of view. It became a study of light without ever giving up its true secret.’

Light Of Day is an ongoing project of Jaap Vliegenhart.This project was born in the quiet stillness of his hometown, Amsterdam, during the days of Covid. From there, it journeyed with him to Los Angeles. A city that pulses with the energy and inspiration that deeply moved him. Now, he sets his gaze on Tokyo, the dream that has long lived in his imagination, ready to be brought to life through his lens.

Capturing all these small moments over the time span of a single day results in a magical realism that reveals itself.
A conjunction of moments, brought to life with the infamous Tokyo light, in which new layers can be discovered again and again.

Prints

• Sizes
  S: 60x40cm Edition of 10 (2 A.P.)
  M: 90x60cm Edition of 7 (2 A.P.)
  L: 120x80cm Edition of 5 (2 A.P.)
  XL: Size on Request, Edition of 3 (1 A.P.)

• Price per item (including frame)
  S: €2.400,-
  M: €3.200,-
  L: €3.950,-
  XL: Price on request

• Certificate of Authenticity signed by the artist

• Print: Hahnemühle FineArt Photo Rag Pearl on Aluminium

• Frame: Walnut frame with non reflective UV70 Artglass
  1,5cm spacer between glass and work
  Print dry mounted