With these elements, artists like Hiroshi Sugimoto, Luisa Lambri, Melanie Schiff, Walead Beshty, and Adam Ekberg create ephemeral works that explore the foundation of the photographic image: the play of light through half opened shutters; haunting seascapes reduced to a gradation of elemental material; and
luminous circles of light formed by the interplay of sunlight and the camera's lens.