Circular Light Fields

A flat landscape under a low, overcast sky; the light here is not the bright glare of noon but something softer, diffused through clouds that hang like a ceiling above dark hills. It falls in circular beams,sometimes warm, sometimes cool,that pick out the texture of water or the edge of a field, leaving the rest in shadow. The photographs return to the same places: a body of still water reflecting the light’s arc, a road cutting through foliage where the beam barely penetrates, a horizon softened by fog that blurs the line between earth and sky. The figures, when they appear, are small,silhouettes against the glow,or absent, leaving only the light to describe the shape of things.

The beam’s reflection on still water breaks the surface like a coin dropped into darkness.

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