Perhaps Nabokov prefigured Attracted to Light in his fictional four-volume set called The Butterflies and Moths of the Russian Empire in Fatherâ€™s Butterflies: â€œThe

Attracted to Light
- Art / Photography Hardcover 12.25 x 12.25 inches 120 pages including 2 multipage gatefolds 90 four-color photographs
Perhaps Nabokov prefigured Attracted to Light in his fictional four-volume set called The Butterflies and Moths of the Russian Empire in Fatherâ€™s Butterflies: â€œThe illustrations are still more perfectâ€”the downy, velvety texture, the blurry translucence of various families of moths are rendered so delicately you would be afraid to run your finger across the paper....â€

A sumptuously oversized and exquisitely produced book, Attracted to Light showcases the Starnsâ€™ extensive conceptual portrait series of the nocturnal mothsâ€™ mysterious journey and the seeming gravitational force that light has over them, â€œcapturedâ€ in photographs and filmic video footage.

â€œLight necessitates darkness, the shadow created by anything physical. But black is not only the lack of lightâ€”it is also the complete absorption of light. The void and reservoir of what we want, what we need; light is power, it is knowledge. When we look into the deep, velvety black eyes of moths we see both emptiness and (the absorption of) light. No one understands why moths are attracted to light. It's neither to mate nor to eat: many moths donâ€™t eat at all; some don't even have mouths. Like butterflies, moths are almost as light as air, but theyâ€™re the poor stupid cousins. Choosing to live their lives at night, flying from nowhere towards the end of their livesâ€”fragile, dusty wings in tatters. A moth will bounce across a ceiling, orbit a lamp, fly into a flame, or self-immolate like a Buddhist monk.â€
â€”Doug and Mike Starn
Country USA
Brand powerHouse Books
Manufacturer powerHouse Books
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2004-02-01
EANs 9781576871898

Country	USA
Brand	powerHouse Books
Manufacturer	powerHouse Books
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2004-02-01
EANs	9781576871898

Attracted to Light

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