Under the Night Sky

Join us Thursday, March 5 at 7PM at the Woodbridge Main Library as award winning and internationally recognized photographer, Imma Barrera, demonstrates night photography basics.

This presentation will also focus on a selection of night images captured in the US and is part of a current project to raise awareness about the importance of nature conservation efforts and in particular, protecting the night sky from light pollution. Preserving the night environment helps support human health and heritage and preserve wildlife habitats. Night photography offers a chance to capture and document scenes that few people ever see nowadays due to artificial light and air glow pollution and can be truly inspiring.

Born in Barcelona, Imma Barrera is a landscape and nature photographer based in Metuchen, NJ. She is a graduate of NY Institute of Photography and has exhibited her photography in a number of galleries worldwide and won several awards. One of her favorite subjects to photograph is the Milky Way and was selected as the 2019 Capitol Reef National Park’s Artist-in-Residence for her night sky photography, In addition, she was shortlisted in the Landscape category of the 2019 Sony World Photography Awards’ Professional competition with her series “Under the Night Sky”. She is involved in educational programs about photography and seminars to raise awareness about the need to protect our natural treasures. She has published a photography book about night photography in NJ and is currently working on a book about the night skies at several US national parks.

To see her work please visit here website www.imma.photo or follow her on Instagram @imma.photo.

This event is free and open to all!

The Woodbridge Main Library is located at 1 George Frederick Plaza in Woodbridge, NJ. If you have any questions or need any further information please contact us at 732-634-4450 or visit our website -www.woodbrigelibrary.org.