Watch day turn to night in these breathtaking photographs

Stephen Wilkes wants you to get lost in his sweeping, time-bending cityscapes

Brooklyn Bridge, Day to Night.
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(Image credit: (Stephen Wilkes)In a single photograph, Stephen Wilkes bends time.This is no easy feat. Each photograph is a composite of about 1,500 images taken from a fixed location.First, Wilkes chooses)

(Image credit: (Stephen Wilkes)Once Wilkes has his day of photographs, he and his team spend months sifting through the images, selecting the best elements — the most breathtaking cloud formations, the most)

(Image credit: (Stephen Wilkes)Wilkes has been working on the series, aptly called Day to Night, for eight years. And while each image compresses time, Wilkes said the project is actually meant to slow thin)

(Image credit: (Stephen Wilkes))

(Image credit: (Stephen Wilkes))

Kelly Gonsalves
Kelly Gonsalves

Kelly Gonsalves is a sex and culture writer exploring love, lust, identity, and feminism. Her work has appeared at Bustle, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, and more, and she previously worked as an associate editor for The Week. She's obsessed with badass ladies doing badass things, wellness movements, and very bad rom-coms.

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