Shadows: Making the Invisible Visible

I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams...” This quote comes from the author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in his seminal children’s book The Little Prince. He understood the power and majesty contained within the silent desert landscape.

Let’s take a moment to reflect upon deserts.

Although the deserts may seem bleak, silent, or even lifeless at first glance, the truth is that these are robust natural environments where life finds a way to thrive despite the harsh conditions. Moreover, deserts provide some of the most beautiful, otherworldly landscapes on planet earth.

Louie Schwartzberg is a storyteller and filmmaker who has been shooting time-lapse photography of nature, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, non-stop. His work compresses time and puts you in sync with different forms of life within our interconnected world.

His work makes the invisible visible.