Kensho Light: this series of luminous night photographs began while traveling through Southeast Asia in 2011. Dave’s fascination with cultural differences and how these differences influence one’s experience of the cities at night, inspired the creative process. After a few weeks of night photography, Dave went home to Cape Town to down- load the images and transform the night caps into transcendental artworks. The term Kensho is commonly translated as enlightenment. Also known to be a blissful realization of one’s inner nature or true self. This often spontaneous insight may occur as a result of seeing an abstract shape or upon hearing or reading a significant phrase.

Artist: Dave Robertson