{"id":5694,"date":"2021-11-11T11:36:53","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T11:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/?p=5694"},"modified":"2021-12-07T19:45:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T19:45:50","slug":"book-review-of-lust-for-light-by-hannah-stouffer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/book-review-of-lust-for-light-by-hannah-stouffer\/","title":{"rendered":"A wonderful book on light art photography &#8211; Lust for Light"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\"><strong>The best book I&#8217;ve ever bought on light art photography is &#8220;Lust for Light&#8221; by Hannah Stouffer. This book is a collection of light art and light installation photography combined with interviews<\/strong> <strong>with each artists.<\/strong> <strong>It&#8217;s a great source for inspiration and discovering new artists!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the past few months, I&#8217;ve become super interested in light art, light installations and audiovisuals. So, I&#8217;ve been searching for a physical book like this one for <em>weeks<\/em>, going to different book stores in multiple cities. And now, finally, I found one in the shop of the Museum of Arts in Gothenburg. It was everything I was looking for in such a book about light art! It is thick, <em>packed<\/em> with different images from different artists and creators. The book cover is sturdy and seems durable, which is important since I plan to keep this for life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can buy the book <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3n5kJEx\">here<\/a>. (Note, this is an affiliate link, which means that I get a commission from each sale, but it comes at no extra cost to you).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6122-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Review of Lust for Light by Hannah Stouffer\" class=\"wp-image-5701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6122-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6122-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6122-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6122-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6122-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Some of my other related articles on light and art<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/doug-wheeler-light-space-artist\/\">Doug Wheeler \u2013 Light &amp; Space Artist<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/touchdesigner-inspiration\/\">TouchDesigner \u2013 Visual &amp; Sound (Audiovisual) Inspiration<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/weekly-design-inspiration-2021-light-installations\/\">Weekly Design Inspiration #1 \u2013 Light Installations &amp; Audiovisuals<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Book&#8217;s Content: Light &amp; Neon Art + Interviews<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6127-1024x591.jpg\" alt=\"Review of Lust for Light by Hannah Stouffer\" class=\"wp-image-5706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6127-1024x591.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6127-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6127-768x443.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6127-1536x887.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6127-2048x1183.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The thickness of the book: my hand for scale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This book is a large photography collection of light art, light installations, and interviews with each artist. It&#8217;s a great source for inspiration and for discovering new light artists that you may not have heard of before. I recognized some of the artists features, which was really fun as well!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The image prints are of high quality and vibrant with color. It&#8217;s always a unique feeling to hold a page of good print in your hands, and even better when it&#8217;s of great art. I feel like the entire book is of good quality, durable, and sturdy. It&#8217;s pretty thick as well (meaning: it contains lots of stuff!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Favorite Light Art Featured<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;re curious of what some of the contents <em>actually<\/em> look like. So, here&#8217;s some of my favorite light art featured in the book, and why those are my favorites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>James Clar <\/strong>&#8211; I love how he uses minimalistic and simple forms for the structure, and combines it with more playful gradients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6121-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Review of Lust for Light by Hannah Stouffer\" class=\"wp-image-5700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6121-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6121-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6121-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6121-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6121-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jun Hao Ong<\/strong> &#8211; These flourescent tubes where displayed in Malaysia and I think it looks absolutely unreal. There&#8217;s something about neon lights inside an unfinished structure that <em>I love<\/em>. I&#8217;ve been mesmerized a few times lately by led lights hanging hapzardly on every floor of multi-leveled buildings under construction. This reminds me of that, only ten times cooler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6124-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Review of Lust for Light by Hannah Stouffer\" class=\"wp-image-5702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6124-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6124-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6124-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6124-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6124-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nonotak <\/strong>&#8211;  Is a collaborative project that I was already following on Instagram and have written about in my earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/weekly-design-inspiration-2021-light-installations\/\">article about light installations<\/a>. I was happy, and not surprised, to see their work featured in this collection! It&#8217;s lovely having their art on print. Much better than watching it on my small cracked phone screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6125-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Review of Lust for Light by Hannah Stouffer\" class=\"wp-image-5703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6125-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6125-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6125-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6125-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6125-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Regine Shumann<\/strong> &#8211; Who works with colors, plexiglas and plastic light cords. Just gorgeous, and a type of medium I&#8217;ve never thought much about before. But now, I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll be much more observant if I see art like this around me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"807\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6126-1024x807.jpg\" alt=\"Review of Lust for Light by Hannah Stouffer\" class=\"wp-image-5704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6126-1024x807.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6126-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6126-768x605.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6126-1536x1210.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6126-2048x1614.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for reading! I hope this could inspire you or help you make a decision on wether to purchase the book or not!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><meta charset=\"utf-8\">Again: You can buy the book <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3n5kJEx\">here<\/a>! 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