I’m a day person — I’m even a bit suspicious of nights. Too mysterious, forbidding, no orientation, no proper grid.
Maybe there’s also an artistic reason: a day scene is more conducive to being drawn. I remember being frustratrated as a child, attempting to draw an even night sky with felt tip pens.
Living in Berlin, one has to get used to little daylight for a few months. I had to find my peace with all this darkness. Over the years I was even able to to find joy in the mess of multiple light sources, both natural and artificial.
Most importantly: I love the idea of midnight. In the middle of all the darkness, an invisible switch is flicked, and time is reset. A new day, week, year. Out with the old, in with the new.
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Dahlem, Berlin
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New York City
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Wooster Street, New York City
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Notre Dame, Paris
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The Hollywood Roosevelt, L.A.
(A silkscreen version of this drawing comes with “Hopes & Dreams”, a book with drawings from Los Angeles. Available here.).
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Observatory, Los Angeles.
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Lützowstrasse, Berlin
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Berlin Midnight
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Lucky Bar, Los Angeles.
(From “Hopes & Dreams”, a book with drawings from Los Angeles. Available here.).
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Kaikoura, New Zealand
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Brooklyn Bridge Park
” Voices of Change Night”
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Bad Gastein, Austria
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Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse, Berlin
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![](https://www.christophniemann.com/media/2022/01/portugal_night-810x1079.jpg)
Night Stroll on Faro
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Santa Monica
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Tour Eiffel
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Atlantic Ocean
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