Benjamin Roulet

Shaded Reality

A study in light and shadow, captured during the winter of 2014.

First light
First light

Standing in the forest at dawn, you become aware of how shadows define the world around us. The camera captures what the eye cannot always remember — the precise moment when light transforms into darkness.

Morning frame
Morning frame
Through the canopy
Through the canopy

On Shadow

Every photograph is a collaboration between light and shadow. Without one, you cannot have the other.

Composition
Composition
Deep light
Deep light
Fragment
Fragment
Final frame
Final frame