Architecture holds a city’s memory. I photograph it at the hour it goes quiet, when one light is left.
Light, found in the dark
Secret of the Arno River
Ponte Vecchio, Florence
Keeper of the Dolomites
Dolomites, Italy
Whispers of the Grand Canal
Rialto Bridge, Venice
Gift of the Hillside Town
Italy
Lantern of San Marco
St. Mark's Square, Venice
Ember of the Lake
Lake Como, ItalyLight, found in the dark. Six photographs from Florence, Venice, Lake Como and the Dolomites. Each is printed at 24 × 36 inches in a signed, numbered edition of five. 30 of 30 copies are still available.
See the prints and editions“We all go through dark stretches. I want these to remind you that you can carry your own light.”Omar M Hammouda
Most photographers chase the light. Omar M Hammouda waits until it’s almost gone.
His subject is the old city after dark: the arch of a bridge, the edge of a canal, a square emptied of people. He shoots in deep blacks, teal shadows and coral glow, and builds each frame like a plan, so the architecture leads your eye to one small, warm light.
He came to photography through thirteen years of design, and still composes the way a designer does: structure first, then the one detail that makes you look twice.
Based in New York City. Light, found in the dark is his first collection.
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