Un Jour, La Nuit

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Un Jour, La Nuit

Patrick Zachmann

When haunting a giant metropolis, I stay awake all night. I’m attracted to artificial lights, a reflection on a face, a silhouette projected on a wall that turns it into a screen.

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Wonderful journey watching night divided by light.

Comment posted by laurie macdonald (not verified) on November 23rd, 2009

GENIAL !!! Et trés interessent. Je t´embrasse. Julio (et Liliana)

Comment posted by Julio Menajovsky (not verified) on November 22nd, 2009

This was a true experience. Stories, I might never have experienced without you. Thank you.

Comment posted by Elaine Totten Davis (not verified) on November 22nd, 2009

Nice job ! I would love to see some more !

Comment posted by Roland (not verified) on November 21st, 2009

Hi... from el salvador thats really good job I lke so much... I invited to coming to El Salvador for complete this essay. Congats!!!

Comment posted by memehuezo (not verified) on November 20th, 2009

Absolutely brilliant!!!

Comment posted by POD (not verified) on November 20th, 2009

I found this haunting and intriguing. light changes perception and mood, beautifully captured here

Comment posted by lucy (not verified) on March 13th, 2009

wow................AMAZING!!!!

Comment posted by Ginie (not verified) on March 9th, 2009

Nice work! Highly enjoyable Patrick.

Comment posted by Allan, UK (not verified) on December 21st, 2008

Hy Patrick, I saw the "Un Jour, La Nuit" exhibition in Paris last week. Rarely have I been touched so strongly from a series of photographs. Interesting lighting, misterious atmosphere, just a little bit surreal,... Exellent location and lighting as well for the exhibition. You gained a fan! Kris

Comment posted by Kris Jacobs (not verified) on November 25th, 2008

That was inspiring. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Comment posted by Ed Isabella (not verified) on November 3rd, 2008

very very good, i wouldnt expect anything less from the magnum family.

Comment posted by jason hurst (not verified) on November 3rd, 2008

hi patrick, a really good body of work. i like it a lot. i love photographing at night. there's something about artificial light, the often strange almost surreal colours and the deep black shadow - all mysterious. what does happen in the shadows? i think its that mystery that makes "night life" so much more interesting. its not all there in front of you, its not served up on a plate. there is room for the unknown. at times i think its some sort of parallel dimension: the streets and the buildings are exactly the same building as exist in daylight, the people are in most cases the same people as would be seen in daylight, yet the darkness makes them somehow different. i like that different world a lot. jason.

Comment posted by jason hobbs (not verified) on October 28th, 2008

After watching this essay I felt the emotion that a city and it's people emit at night. The use of artifical light in conjuction with the shadows was not only a brilliant use of design but also made each image pop.

Comment posted by Jose Vazquez (not verified) on October 28th, 2008

sentido profundo ! grandioso

Comment posted by Mauricio Duarte arratia (not verified) on October 27th, 2008