Since opening his studio in New York City in 1983, photographer Stephen Wilkes has built an unprecedented body of work and a reputation as one of America’s most iconic photographers, widely recognized for his fine art, editorial and commercial work.
His photographs are included in the collections of the George Eastman Museum, James A. Michener Art Museum, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Dow Jones Collection, Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation, Jewish Museum of NY, Library of Congress, Snite Museum of Art, The Historic New Orleans Collection, Museum of the City of New York, 9/11 Memorial Museum and numerous private collections. His editorial work has appeared in, and on the covers of, leading publications such as the New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Time, Fortune, National Geographic, Sports Illustrated, and many others.
Day to Night, Wilkes’ most defining project, began in 2009. These epic cityscapes and landscapes, portrayed from a fixed camera angle for up to 30 hours capture fleeting moments of humanity as light passes in front of his lens over the course of full day. Blending these images into a single photograph takes months to complete. Day to Night has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning as well as dozens of other prominent media outlets and, with a grant from the National Geographic Society, was recently extended to include America’s National Parks in celebration of their centennial anniversary and Bird Migration for the 2018 Year of the Bird. Day to Night : In the Field with Stephen Wilkes was exhibited at the The National Geographic Museum in February, 2018.
Wilkes was born in 1957 in New York. He received his BS in photography from Syracuse University S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications with a minor in business management from the Whitman School of Management in 1980.
Stephen Wilkes' works are offered exclusively in our Nantucket Gallery.
Please join us for a special artist talk on July 7th from 6-7pm at the Nantucket Atheneum where internationally renowned photographer Stephen Wilkes will discuss his incredible career with a special focus on his brand new image of Nantucket from his “Day to Night" series, followed by a Q&A.
World-famous photographer Stephen Wilkes reveals Nantucket like you’ve never seen it before. The artist's newest masterpiece from his "Day to Night" series, Brant Point Lighthouse, Nantucket, Day to Night, 2022, will make its official debut at our Nantucket gallery on July 6th from 5-7pm.
For the September issue of National Geographic, photographer Stephen Wilkes traveled to some of America's most picturesque landscapes. Using his signature “day to night” photography, he captured everything from sunrise to moonrise in one frame.
His epic landscapes require hours of patience—and ingenuity under pressure.
This month’s National Geographic cover is a time-lapse image by Stephen Wilkes that captures America’s beauty in one of the most hard-to-reach places.
Works by 100 photographers from around the world will be sold until the end of the year by Vital Impacts, a non-profit that provides financial support to community-orientated conservation organizations and amplifies the work of photographers who are raising awareness of their efforts.
In his new book ‘Day to Night,’ the photographer uses technology to play tricks on the eye.