Hours Apart

Hours Apart is a photographic series capturing the same location in daylight and again at night, exploring how changes in light, atmosphere, and time reshape the feeling of a place.

Photographed at Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, the work moves from daylight into night, tracing the subtle and then sudden changes in atmosphere. In the daytime, the pier appears open and legible. Colour, structure, and signage present a familiar version of the space, shaped by movement and expectation. As the light fades, that clarity begins to dissolve. Artificial illumination takes over. Surfaces glow, interiors become visible, and the same structures feel enclosed, staged, and slightly unreal.

Rather than presenting a direct comparison, the images unfold as a sequence. The transition between states becomes the focus, revealing how a place built for entertainment shifts once its rhythm changes.

Hours Apart considers the tension between performance and aftermath, and how quickly the identity of a place can move from public and shared to something quieter, stranger, and more uncertain.