Last Light / First Light, 2001 - Ongoing - marymattinglystudio

Last Light / First Light, 2001 - Ongoing

On the shortest day of the year, I have been photographing the first and last light of the day. I search for a place with a flat horizon line to the east and west, sometimes going back to the same place. I wait for the light to all but disappear and then wait for it to return. The cross pattern is from shooting a roll of 2 1/4 film at dusk and then rewinding the film, reusing the same roll. The 90-degree rotation mimics the rotation of the Earth to the sun.

Last Light/First Light by Mary Mattingly (Double exposed Sunrise and Sunset Photographs)

 Last Light / First Light (on the shortest day of the year), 2001

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Last Light/First Light by Mary Mattingly (Double exposed Sunrise and Sunset Photographs)

Last Light / First Light (on the shortest day of the year), 2002

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Last Light/First Light by Mary Mattingly (Double exposed Sunrise and Sunset Photographs)

Last Light / First Light (on the shortest day of the year), 2003

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Last Light/First Light by Mary Mattingly (Double exposed Sunrise and Sunset Photographs)

Last Light / First Light (on the shortest day of the year), 2004

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Last Light/First Light by Mary Mattingly (Double exposed Sunrise and Sunset Photographs)

Last Light / First Light (on the shortest day of the year), 2005

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Last Light/First Light by Mary Mattingly (Double exposed Sunrise and Sunset Photographs)

Last Light / First Light (on the shortest day of the year), 2006

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Last Light/First Light by Mary Mattingly (Double exposed Sunrise and Sunset Photographs)

Last Light / First Light (on the shortest day of the year), 2007

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Last Light/First Light by Mary Mattingly (Double exposed Sunrise and Sunset Photographs)

Last Light / First Light (on the shortest day of the year), 2008

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Last Light/First Light by Mary Mattingly (Double exposed Sunrise and Sunset Photographs)

Last Light / First Light (on the shortest day of the year), 2009

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Last Light/First Light by Mary Mattingly (Double exposed Sunrise and Sunset Photographs)

Last Light / First Light (on the shortest day of the year), 2010

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Last Light/First Light by Mary Mattingly (Double exposed Sunrise and Sunset Photographs)

Last Light / First Light (on the shortest day of the year), 2011

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Last Light/First Light by Mary Mattingly (Double exposed Sunrise and Sunset Photographs)

Last Light / First Light (on the shortest day of the year), 2012

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Last Light/First Light by Mary Mattingly (Double exposed Sunrise and Sunset Photographs)

Last Light / First Light (on the shortest day of the year), 2013

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Last Light/First Light by Mary Mattingly (Double exposed Sunrise and Sunset Photographs)

Last Light / First Light (on the shortest day of the year), 2014

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Last Light/First Light by Mary Mattingly (Double exposed Sunrise and Sunset Photographs)

Last Light / First Light (on the shortest day of the year), 2015

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Last Light/First Light by Mary Mattingly (Double exposed Sunrise and Sunset Photographs)

Last Light / First Light (on the shortest day of the year), 2016

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Last Light/First Light by Mary Mattingly (Double exposed Sunrise and Sunset Photographs)

Last Light / First Light (on the shortest day of the year), 2017

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Last Light/First Light by Mary Mattingly (Double exposed Sunrise and Sunset Photographs)

Last Light / First Light (on the shortest day of the year), 2018

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Last Light/First Light by Mary Mattingly (Double exposed Sunrise and Sunset Photographs)

Last Light / First Light (on the shortest day of the year), 2019

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Last Light/First Light by Mary Mattingly (Double exposed Sunrise and Sunset Photographs)

Last Light / First Light (on the shortest day of the year), 2020

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