Blade Runner, if you squint

June 24, 2017 8:47 PM

Night Project, a collection of photographs of China at night by French photographer Marilyn Mugot.
Many more on her instagram.
Press coverage at Hunger TV, WIRED, and The Guardian
posted by Going To Maine (6 comments total)

Bladerunner if you squint, but this if you don't.
posted by lagomorphius at 9:02 PM on June 24, 2017

These are really beautiful, and really don't look real. Is there a ton of processing going on here? Either way they look great.
posted by bongo_x at 9:27 PM on June 24, 2017

Filters.
posted by Kirth Gerson at 5:35 AM on June 25, 2017

I recognize a couple of those as being infrared shots. Some may also be near-UV photos; that would explain the odd tonal palette. The composition, though, is all on the artist, and it's *breathtaking*.
posted by notsnot at 7:58 AM on June 25, 2017

I don't think it's filters, and I don't think it's mist. I think it's smog.
posted by ardgedee at 10:39 AM on June 25, 2017 [2 favorites]

Neil is doing something very similar (if not a little better) in Los Angeles: https://www.instagram.com/neilkryszak/
posted by hubs at 2:32 PM on June 27, 2017