Day to Night is a 16-year personal journey to capture fundamental elements of our world through the hourglass of a single day.  It is a synthesis of art and science, an exploration of time, memory, and history through the 24- hour rhythms of our daily lives.

I photograph from locations and views that are part of our collective memory.  Working from a fixed camera angle, I capture the fleeting moments of humanity and light as time passes. After photographing as many as 1500 single images, I select the best moments of the day and night.  Using time as my guide, all of these moments are then seamlessly blended into a single photograph - a visualization of our conscious journey with time.

In a world where humanity has become obsessively connected to personal devices, the ability to look profoundly and contemplatively is becoming an endangered human experience.  Photographing a single place for up to 36 hours becomes a meditation.  It has informed me in a unique way, inspiring deep insights into life’s narrative, and the fragile interaction of humanity within our natural and constructed world. 

-Stephen Wilkes