Exhibition produced by Rencontres d’Arles.
With the collaboration of Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris.
Publication: Intimate Distance II, Textuel, 2025.
The Omens of an Inner Glow presents a series of works capturing moments of quiet beauty in often desolate landscapes.
Todd Hido is known for his distinctively atmospheric images—anonymous houses at night, urban landscapes, neglected interiors, melancholic figures. His photographs, often described as cinematic, suggest an implicit narrative that invites open interpretation by the viewer.
Frequently shooting in challenging weather conditions, sometimes through the windshield of his car, Todd Hido captures the quiet yet unsettling allure of empty roads and trees standing steadfast through time. Mountains glisten and dissolve in the rain; melancholic houses rise with vacant facades in the snow.
In an increasingly despairing era—marked by the violent effects of climate change, political instability, and technological advancements that erode both truth and our ability to remain attentive to the world around us—amid an overwhelming yet indistinct sense of grief for humanity’s collective future, one cannot help but wonder how to navigate daily life.
Through poetic and evocative landscapes interwoven with collages of old family photographs, Todd Hido suggests that we can redouble our efforts to strengthen bonds of love with those around us, finding solace and resilience even in the most fragile circumstances.
