Stephen Wilkes
Photographer & Visual Storyteller | Capturing the Passage of Time
About
Stephen Wilkes is a pioneering fine art photographer renowned for his innovative 'Day to Night' series. By seamlessly blending up to 100 still images into a single photograph, Wilkes reveals the dynamic transition from day to night in iconic locations around the world.
His compelling visual narratives have been featured in National Geographic, TIME, and The New York Times Magazine. Wilkes' talks inspire audiences to see the world through a new creative lens, revealing the hidden moments and universal human experiences that unfold over the course of a day.
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24 hours on Earth -- in one image
"Nature reveals itself to us in unique ways, if we stop and look at the world through a window of time," says photographer Stephen Wilkes. Using a special photographic technique that reveals how a scene changes from day to night in a single image, Wilkes exposes the Earth's beautiful complexity and the impacts of climate change -- from the disruption of flamingo migrations in Africa to the threat of melting ice -- with unprecedented force.
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