Project Description
Chloe Middleton
BA (Hons) Photography
University Centre St Helens, HE Arts 2020

Night Skies

“I am captivated by the night sky and the calmness that comes with the darkness. In my photographs, I captured how light pollution produces a yellow/white glow over where we live, and how this ‘bubble’ stops us from seeing the night sky for all its beauty.”
Photography
My current work explores the night sky in St. Helens and the Liverpool area and the effect of light pollution. My interest initially peaked in night sky photography when I had the opportunity to view the Milky Way at a dark sky site and realised how much light pollution has taken over our lives. It became clear how many stars are in our night sky and how I have become familiar with the stars (or rather lack of) in our local area.
Whilst out in the field, I am captivated by the night sky and the calmness that comes with the darkness. In my photographs, I captured how light pollution produces a yellow/white glow over where we live, and how this ‘bubble’ stops us from seeing the night sky for all its beauty. I wanted to capture the planets we are capable of seeing too if it is a very clear night, in each of my images you can see Jupiter and it just makes you think: ‘how many planets and stars are we missing out on?’ due to the light pollution and the continuing growth of our community.

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