Credits.

Dried flowers in a glass vase, caught in a single shaft of warm light on a dark wall

Photograph by Maria Ionova

A still life of a white vase, a pear and grapes on linen against black

Photograph by Mary Skrynnikova 💛💙

A photographer adjusting a cluster of lights on a warm, empty set

Photograph by Aditya Wardhana

A camera on a tripod by a bright window in a dark studio

Photograph by Allec Gomes

An empty studio set, a single chair under a large softbox

Photograph by Keagan Henman

Green glass beaded with water droplets, lit from behind

Photograph by charlesdeluvio

A dark, unlabelled bottle split down the middle by red and teal light

Photograph by Shubham Dhage

A dark blue glass bottle lying in a shaft of sunlight on a pale surface

Photograph by Benjamin Watterson

A glass decanter with a red stopper casting long striped shadows

Photograph by GLOBENCER

Bubbles rising through blue water toward the light

Photograph by Ryunosuke Kikuno

Water exploding into droplets against a black background

Photograph by Max Kleinen

A ribbon of water arcing through pale blue light

Photograph by Ian Talmacs

A concrete roof cantilevered out against a pale sky

Photograph by Lukas S

Shadows of a window frame falling across a concrete wall

Photograph by Iggy Love

A long concrete corridor lit from above

Photograph by Sunguk Kim

Late sun making a bright rectangle on a warm plaster wall

Photograph by Alexander Possingham

Low golden light raking across a floor and a dark wall

Photograph by Kadek Brahmana Nawa Putra

A single white chair and its shadow in a bright, empty room

Photograph by Ellen Qin

Concrete fins framing a deep blue sky

Photograph by Deyan Sight

A diagonal window shadow on a pale wall

Photograph by Lana Zorina

A woman in a red dress crossing tram tracks beside a yellow Lisbon tram

Photograph by Julian Dik

A lone figure against a yellow tiled façade on a Lisbon street

Photograph by Khachik Simonian

A long vaulted arcade in Lisbon with a figure walking through it

Photograph by Rui Alves

Tram tracks running down a steep, narrow Lisbon street

Photograph by Maksim Shutov

A young man in a grey coat standing in a sunlit wooden doorway in Kyoto

Photograph by Zeyu Chen

A cyclist in a wide-brimmed hat passing through a dark Kyoto street

Photograph by Serg Magpie

A man standing before a wall of glowing paper lanterns

Photograph by Sir. Simo

A man seated in a quiet Kyoto alley in late light

Photograph by Mike Kilcoyne

A black and white portrait of a woman with short curly hair

Photograph by Aiony Haust

A woman in a white dress in profile against a dark blue wall

Photograph by Velizar Ivanov

A portrait of a woman in a cream knit against a warm dark background

Photograph by Teslariu Mihai

A black and white fashion portrait of a woman in a pale suit

Photograph by Alina Bordunova

A darkroom lit red by safelights, with an enlarger on the bench

Photograph by Francisco Gonzalez

A man in silhouette against a wall of red safelight

Photograph by Wasath Theekshana

Hands holding a strip of negatives up to warm light

Photograph by Barna Kovács

Strips of black and white negatives laid out side by side

Photograph by Hossein Nasr

The blades of a lens aperture closing down, seen from inside

Photograph by Wan San Yip

A lens aperture with soft coloured reflections

Photograph by Agence Olloweb