Light that holds its breath
Céleste Aubry photographs jewelry, fashion, hospitality and travel for luxury houses and magazines, from Paris and New York.
Begin the yearPrologue
A year in 365 frames
Scrub through the year, or press play. Every day, one frame.
Chapter One
The grammar of light
Shadows of palms on plaster, a doorway at four o’clock. A series about the light that arrives before anything else in a room.
For Maison Ligne, Atelier Noor and T Magazine Paris
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Chapter Two
Objects of devotion
Jewelry, silk and the small, precious things that hold a memory. Still lifes made slowly, with one light.
For Orfèvre Lune, Seraphine Silks and private collectors
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Chapter Three
After dark, everything glows
City lights dissolving into color. A study of what a lens sees when the eye gives up.
For Hôtel Minuit and Nuit Blanche
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Chapter Four
Elsewhere, at golden hour
Horizons from Hydra to Big Sur. Travel photographs for people who would rather be there.
For Voyage Lent and Côte Sauvage Hotels
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Interlude
The light table
A contact sheet from this year’s rolls. Hover with the loupe, and circle the frames you love.
For
- Maison Ligne
- T Magazine Paris
- Orfèvre Lune
- Hôtel Minuit
- Seraphine Silks
- Voyage Lent
- Atelier Noor
- Côte Sauvage
- Your idea of perfect happiness?
- A north-facing window, a slow afternoon and nobody asking for the file yet.
- The quality you most admire in a subject?
- Patience. The light always comes back.
- Your favorite time of day?
- Twenty minutes before the sun touches the sea.