Windowlight

Crossing pools of light, spilling from curtained windows, flowing from homes, especially in unknown streets or cities, drawing us into possibilities. I wanted to keep some of this light. With a black plastic bag protecting large sheets of unexposed photographic paper, I walk to these lightpools. I open the bag under a window to document the amount of light (by exposing the light-sensitive paper) that streams onto the street. Windowlight is a document of the possibilities of urban unpredictability.

Maria Thereza Alves