Troy Paiva Photography ::::: Night Photography of the Abandoned West

I post images to my flickr page almost every day. It's kind of like a blog, except I don't have to actually say anything. There are over 2,000 night images stored there, so when you feel like you've seen everything here, there's over 1,500 other images on flickr for you to enjoy.

Group Show!

Night Light
May 8th through June 9th 2010

“Night Light” is a collection of dynamic photographs shot by a select group of photographers who specialize in night photography. Vincent Van Gogh wrote: “I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.” You could say that the six photographers featured enthusiastically share that opinion. The group consist of photographers Troy Paiva, Joe Reifer, Aaron Siladi, Scott Haefner, Noel Kerns, and Astoria’s own Jody Miller. Each Photographer employs to a differing degree the technique of “Light Painting”, which creates dramatic and sometimes surreal compositions. Images are shot in various locales, including Neverland ranch, abandoned places, desert scenes and Astoria itself."

Lightbox Gallery
1045 Marine Drive
Astoria, Oregon
Hope you can make it out!

The Ballardian blog: The Light-Painter of Mojave D: An Interview with Troy Paiva

Hemmings Classic Car Magazine: Auto Art.

The Night Photography of Troy Paiva at Kotori Magazine.

In the summer of 2007, I was invited out to Nevada by the crew of the British TV show "Artland" to be interviewed about my night photography and light painting. We set up at dusk by the side of Interstate 80 near Winnemucca and pretended to do a full moon night shot by dusk-light. Host Toby Amies interviewed me for a full 25 minutes as semis roared by, mosquitoes chewed our earlobes off and the sky turned a deep indigo. The whole thing was hilarious and surreal. Most of the interview ended up on the cutting room floor, but it's still a pretty interesting piece.

"The Night of the Living Photographers" is Andy Frazer's 25 minute, 3-part documentary about night photography, featuring work by and interviews with Larrie Thomson, Lance Keimig, Howie Spielman, my brother Tom and I. It's an entertaining piece, check it out.