Lumiere 2019, Durham, UK

 

From a photographers perspective, Lumiere Light Festival is always an event worth looking forward to and 2019 was no exception. In the run up, I like many others, wondered what this years spectacle would unleash and whether it would be better or worse than previous incarnations. 

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Lumiere 2017 raised the bar to it's highest high, compared to previous years. 2019 had a lot to live up to and it certainly didn't disappoint, as more eye-catching installments came to town, along with many thousands of people, who like me, were in awe of what was served up.

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As far as favourites go, the installations that not only caught my eye, but also topped the photogenic charts, were :

 

~~~ I LOVE DURHAM - a giant snow globe in the Market Place, with its huge neon title within.

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~~~ FOGSCAPE - a ghostly shape-shifting vapour that wound its way around the trees and over the river underneath Durham Cathedral.

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~~~ END OVER END -  a super-sized neon slinky, brightened up the Milburngate site.

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~~~ GEOMETRICAL TRACES - mesmerising  artwork created 3-D patterns across  the trees above Prebends Bridge.

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