Photographer Stephen Wilkes on the 2021 Inauguration Photo
Stephen Wilkes shares how he developed his "Day to Night" photo style, tracking one iconic location through 24 hours of life, and how to develop your own signature style too.
Making art is a distillation of all your life experiences, from the half-remembered images of your childhood to your fascination with what's happening around you right now. Photographer Stephen Wilkes developed his signature Day to Night style to share his passion for how time passes, and soon found that it also helped him explore everything else that interested him: nature, city life, even politics. Learn the backstory behind his stirring photo of the 2021 US Presidential Inauguration, as he talks through how he developed his signature style, and where to start as you develop your own.
Legendary photographer Stephen Wilkes is known for his Day to Night photo series, tracking one scene through 24 hours of life in locations as varied as Times Square and the Serengeti. Learn more about him at stephenwilkes.com and listen to his beautiful Meditative Story, 鈥淲hat鈥檚 vital is right in front of me鈥�.
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