Todd hido

Available for sale from Bruce Silverstein Gallery, Todd Hido, #1923-a (1996), Archival pigment print, 73 3/4 × 59 in

bus stop

Produced on analogue film with no additional staging or editing from the photographer, Todd Hido’s Homes at Night plays on the interaction of artificial lighting with the shadows of night.

See the locations that inspired the series 25 years later

Available for sale from Bruce Silverstein Gallery, Todd Hido, #11385-1746 (2014), Archival pigment print, 88 1/2 × 59 1/2 in

If photography was Hollywood, Todd Hido would be a top actor like George Clooney or Brad Pitt. His fantastic images, and his photos of illuminated windows brightening up the nights of America's suburbs above all, have firmly positioned him as one of the best and most successful contemporary photographers. 25 years after taking his first steps in photography, Hido celebrates the first part of his career with a major retrospective publication recently released by Aperture.

8906, 2009 Fertilizer is to the suburban lawn what cosmetics are to the suburban face: a fickle attempt to sweep ugliness under the rug with a splash of color. By Ian Epstein I once heard someone remark that the desire to have a perfect lawn was not unlike the desire to have a piece of