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Light Sources: Photographs 1977-2005 is a collection of works by American contemporary photographer James Welling (1951-). Welling, known as a pioneer of abstract photography, attracted attention in the 1980s for his experimental works using materials such as aluminum foil, cloth, and pastry dough, but this book compiles his Light Sources series, created between 1992 and 2005. The series attempts to explore "what is light" through a variety of photographs of unspecified subjects, such as portraits, landscapes, and interiors. Some of the photographs physically emit light, while others reflect and transmit light, creating a composition that evokes "memorable and ambiguous images" in the viewer. Carol Squires, art critic and ICP curator, described the work as "a device for embracing and beautifully projecting a fleeting allure, something almost remembered, a partially understood image." This resonates with Welling's intention to visualize the "invisible quality of light" through photography, and the book also offers insightful insight into the relationship between vision and memory, and light and material.