Luc Demers is a contemporary photographer who does many different genres of of work. One in particular series that is striking is his series called Darkened Rooms. In this series he photographs various windows and doors in a setting that chokes out light. There is usually only one source of light throughout this particular series, which gives these passageways a certain glow. There is an eerie and almost other worldly quality that is accompanied by the light source in most of these photographs. This picture above is apart of the Darkened Rooms series and it is titled South Window 2010. This is a very striking photograph to me, mainly because the room is completely bathed in deep shadow, while there is only a small, illuminating source of light.
This photograph is a stark representation and embodiment of Demer's Darkened Rooms series. The genus involved with using completely shadowed rooms accentuates the natural light source in a mystical way. This passageway almost visualizes an entry way into another realm or world. The use of just a small amount of light allows Luc Demers to portray this entry way in a very mystical and glowing manner that suggests many functions and outcomes. Demers illustrates the endless possibilities involved with shadow and light. With this series he defines a whole new way of taking interior pictures. In the future I hope to see more of this man's photography work and see how he has evolved his use of light and shadow.
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