The Light Observer is an independent magazine exploring light in all its forms.

You will find:

Photographic series by both emerging and established photographers. Interviews with renowned creatives in the field of art, cinema and fashion.

Interviews with philosophers, scientists, architects and essays on the meaning, understanding and use of light in those fields.

Artists creating exclusive artworks for the magazine.

 
 
 

What they say about us:


Underdogs:

The light observer, true to its name, worships the light in its various manifestations” 


MagCulture:

“To wrap up, reading The Light Observer is an emotive and liberally visual experience”


Stack:

“The power of light: [...] to devote a magazine to light is to devote a magazine to sight itself.


Fotografia Europea:

“È attraverso la luce che nella rivista si indaga in modo poetico e sensibile la molteplicità e la ricchezza del mondo.”


Frab’s:

Not only dedicated to photography or cinema, as one might mistakenly think, this unique magazine talks about light at 360° through articles and in-depth interviews

 

Issue 2 selected by Cahier Central (Paris) for their surprise subscription

Issue 3 - The Water Issue, selected by Do You Read Me (Berlin) for their surprise subscription

 

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Past Events:


Art Basel Paris - 16-20 OCTOBER 2024

Carta Publishing Fair, Nice - 5 & 6 OCTOBER 2024

Exhibition at Mercredi/Samedi Gallery Space, Laida Lertxundi, Nice - 25 SEPTEMBER - 12 OCTOBER 2024

Volumes, Independent Art Publishing Fair, Zurich - 18 & 19 NOVEMBER 2023

Artissima, Torino - NOVEMBER 2023

L’image satellite, Nice - 23 SEPTEMBER — 14 OCTOBER 2023

Art Basel, 2022

Boutographies, 2022

Zonamaco, 2022

Macro Museum, Roma - 23 SEPTEMBER 2021 - 18.00 - Live magazine - Talk with artists Cecilia Del Gatto and José Angelino

Milan Design Week, 2021

Tokyo Art Book Fair, 2020

Triennale Milano - 23 SEPTEMBER, 2020 - 18.30 - Talk with Valentina Ciuffi and Sophie Dries

Zonamaco, 2020

Galeria Joan Prats - 28 NOVEMBER, 2019 - 19.00 - Carrer de Balmes, 54, Barcelona - Special Guest: Studio MESURA

Reading Room - 14 NOVEMBER, 2019 - 19.00 - via Mincio 10, Milano - Special Guest: ADI HAXHIAJ