Palm Springs, under a soft gradient sky. The light here shifts between bright midday and warm evening, casting long shadows across low-slung buildings with geometric balconies in bold hues,red, purple, orange,that catch the sun before it sinks behind arid hills. Tall palm trees line quiet streets, their fronds swaying against clear blue or overcast skies, framing homes with clean white walls, rust-colored banners, and mid-century architecture. Vintage cars, in muted pastel blue or white, idle on sunlit streets or rest under flat-roofed garages, their presence a quiet counterpoint to the stillness of desert plants and textured stone walls. The photographs accumulate a particular rhythm: the play of light on facades, the sharp contrast of shadows, the way palm trees frame every scene as if they were a deliberate part of the composition.

Vintage car parked on a street in Palm Springs, warm light
Palm Springs swimming pool and palm trees bathed in warm light
Modernist house and palm tree silhouettes under a vivid orange and red sunrise sky in Palm Springs
White modernist house with manicured shrubs and palm trees against desert mountains under a pale sunset sky, Palm Springs
Classic car parked on a street lined with palm trees in Palm Springs
Vintage Mercedes parked in front of a modernist house
Vintage cars parked under a carport with palm trees
Vintage car parked in front of a Palm Springs modernist house
Palm Springs modernist house with palms beneath a mountain range
Colorful apartments with palm trees under a bright sky
Vintage car parked in front of a Palm Springs modernist home
Desert landscape featuring a vintage car in front of a modernist house
Palm trees and a mid-century modern house under warm light

A vintage white sedan idles on a sunlit street, its muted color blending with the soft glow of palm trees and desert shrubs.

Vintage car parked in front of a mid-century modern house
Vintage motel with palm trees in Austral Island, warm light
Vintage car parked along a palm-lined street, quiet scene
A tranquil swimming pool scene with palm trees and umbrellas
Desert landscape featuring a mid-century modern house and palm trees
Palm trees and a mid-century building under warm light
Colorful motel building with palm trees under warm light
Palm trees and a mid-century modern home in a warm desert landscape
Desert sunrise illuminates a modernist house with cacti and palm trees
Quiet palm tree and blue building against a clear sky
Desert sunrise illuminates a modernist house and classic car

The Palm Springs light and shadows series by Ludwig Favre is available as a limited edition fine art print, signed and numbered.

About Ludwig Favre

Ludwig Favre is a French photographer born in Paris. His cinematic urban work has been featured by Vogue, AD USA, L'Officiel, Condé Nast Traveler and many other international magazines, and exhibited in numerous galleries across the world. His photographs are held in private fine art collections worldwide and in the New York Ford Foundation Resident Artist Collection. He continues to travel and document the textures of the modern city.

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