Shot primarily in the liminal space between day and night, the AIR series explores not only the phenomenological aspect of light, atmosphere and color but also their psychological metaphor. Lippke’s eye lingers on the scene long after others would leave, capturing the stars as they begin to surface and the sky shifts from visual spectacle to a vehicle of contemplation. Warm and cool tones coexist and form gradients that mirror emotional range as much as atmospheric depiction. Birds, airplanes and mysterious lines interrupt the color field, always pulling the image back from sentimentality into a sense of longing, presence and possibility.