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Gregg Segal: Nightscapes

Artist’s Statement:

During daylight hours, the thick bands of pollution girdling the Los Angeles skyline are a constant reminder of our poor air quality. But at night, the chemical filled air traps the city’s excessive artificial light, and in these long exposure images, our skies turn deep emerald green, lush amber and eggplant purple. All these hues obscure the stars and what we think of as a proper night sky. Our lurid skyglow is at once toxic and seductive.


Artist’s Bio:

Gregg Segal studied photography and film at California Institute of the Arts. After detouring through film and an MFA from New York University in dramatic writing, Segal returned to photography with a writer’s sense of theme and irony. His photography has been recognized with awards from American Photography, Communication Arts, PDN and the Society of Publication Designers. Segal’s portraiture is regularly featured in Time, Fortune, Wired, and ESPN. This spring Segal’s work will be exhibited at Oca do Ibirapuera in Sao Paulo and in Syngenta’s exhibition, Scarcity/Waste, in London.


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