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Golden Hour

2026

A photographic and design exploration of light in the minutes between day and dark.

A photographic and design exploration of light in the minutes between day and dark.

Project

Golden Hour

Client

Lumis Creative

Year

2026

Category

Photo

Design

Creative Direction, Brand Design & Digital Experience

by Rafael Morel

Creative Direction, Brand Design & Digital Experience by Rafael Morel

Chasing the Last Light

Golden Hour is an editorial project that lives entirely within a 20-minute window each day. The work documents urban and natural landscapes during the brief period when light turns amber and shadows stretch long. Beyond the photography, the project extends into a design system warm gold tones, soft gradients, and unhurried layout that carries the mood of that fleeting moment into print and digital formats.

The Making of a Series

The series was shot across eight cities over the course of a year returning to each location on multiple days to capture different atmospheric conditions within the same light window. Post-processing was kept deliberately minimal: no composites, no artificial light addition. The editorial layout was designed to mirror the subject wide margins, slow pacing, and a typographic system that steps back to let the photographs breathe. Published as a limited-edition print book and an interactive web archive.