“The American Night” — a direct translation of the French cinematic term La Nuit américaine — refers to the filmmaking technique of simulating night while shooting in full daylight. Long favoured in Hollywood cinema, the process relies upon heavy underexposure and the addition of cool blue tones to evoke the illusion of moonlight and darkness. The phrase inevitably recalls François Truffaut and his celebrated film Day for Night, a meditation on illusion, image-making and the fragile poetry of cinema itself. That same cinematic atmosphere resonates within this image. Though captured in daylight, the shimmering reflections dancing across the water possess an otherworldly quality, as though suspended between reality and dream. Beneath the horizon line, a calm yet faintly ominous glow sits patiently — peaceful, though quietly intimidating — lending the scene the tension of an unfolding narrative. The photograph becomes less a document of place and more a study of mood, where light disguises itself and the ordinary slips gently into the realm of filmic illusion.

Limited Edition Archival Inkjet Print.

Available in five sizes;

• 21cm x 30cm - 8 1/4" x 11 3/4" (Includes border) Edition of 6.

• 48cm x 68cm - 19 3/4" x 27 1/2" (Includes border) Edition of 6.

• 70cm x 100cm - 27 1/2" x 39 1/2" (Includes border) Edition of 6.

• 90cm x 130cm - 35 1/2" x 51 1/4" (Includes border) Edition of 6.

• 107cm x 157cm - 42" x 61 3/4" (Includes border) Edition of 3.

Print only, no frame included.

*The total number of prints included in a Limited Edition includes all sizes listed as available. For example, there may be 25 in one size and 10 in another, this means there are 35 prints in the edition.