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Contained Radiance

Project type

Light Construction (Photographic Work)

Date

October 2021

Location

Leiden, Netherlands

Contained Radiance explores the tension between concealment and emission. Light is not released to dominate, but held to remain present.

The form gathers and contains the source, allowing it to softly pass through the surrounding structure. What appears restrained becomes intensified. What is partially obscured becomes perceptible through rhythm and interruption.

Light here is neither hidden nor exposed, but held in a state of quiet balance. Handcrafted and singular, the work treats illumination not as a function, but as a state of being.

© 2026 by Barbara de Ligt. 

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