#formoflight

Design Milk, “The Shadow Photographs of Wang Ningde” November 17, 2018 by David Behringer

The “photographs” of Wang Ningde are pure light, or more accurately, pure shadow. Each is created from over a thousand rectangular film transparencies attached horizontally, like rows of tiny awnings. Each cell drops a shadow beneath, forming a complete work of art that is both sculptural and intangible.