Yohan Terraza’s La Nuit explores France after dark, from beaches to mountain lakes. The statement below is Terraza’s own; the restored photographs follow.

La Nuit by Yohan Terraza

Over the past four years, I’ve been looking for a specific exploration into the night as I explore some of my childhood memories. The night is based on my personal story and is to me the finest way to explore myself and echoes the silence. The more I understand things through it, the more I ask questions to myself to feed my own personal quest.

Chasing an unreal light that is only surrounded by your own imagination, that is what makes me moving on. All this work is about looking for something, a purpose that I can’t reach.
I photograph the Night like I’d be painting, writing a poetry or composing music, with its own breaks and strong movements among an inner contemplation.
This is a never-ending story.

Most of my photographs have been taken in France, especially on the beach of Gironde, south-west of France and in the Pyrénées (french mountain, south of France).

Lone person stands on a pale sand dune beside the sea at twilight.Save

Tree silhouetted beneath a star-filled night sky.Save

A beam of light from a lone figure sweeps across a dark beach under a starry sky.Save

A small figure on a ridge beneath a star-filled sky at twilight.Save

Silhouetted person sits on a rocky outcrop under the night sky.Save

Lone figure on a beach beneath stars, with a beam of light across the sky.Save

Rocky mountain outcrop under a clear night sky.Save

Person walking on a wide beach under a clouded twilight sky.Save

A band of light spreads across a dark shore beneath low clouds.Save

Storm reflected in a hidden lake, Pyrénées, France.Save
Storm reflected in a hidden lake, Pyrénées, France.

A beam of light cuts across a dark beach below a starry sky.Save

Star trails circle above silhouetted mountain peaks.Save

Lone figure on a pale dune beneath a clear blue sky.Save

Milky Way rising above a dark mountain lake that reflects the sky.Save
Milky way reflected in a mountain lake. Pyrénées, France

Sunlit sand dune with a tiny figure on the distant crest.Save

Dark tree branches spread across a blue night sky dotted with stars.Save

Beach dunes and grass beneath a blue evening sky.Save

Dark silhouettes of trees beneath a dense star-filled sky.Save

Tall tree trunks silhouetted against a dense star-filled sky.Save