A street washed pink by neon, a lone walker under an umbrella

01Magenta Hour — Osaka, 2024 A city block in fog, lit green by a traffic signal

02Signal, Fog — Toronto, 2023 A woman in a dark room lit by a single red lamp

03Red Room I — Studio, 2024 A teal-lit intersection crowded with neon signs

04Crossing — Hong Kong, 2022 A building seen through a rain-covered window

05Glass, Rain — Glasgow, 2024 A silhouette against a pale, hazy light

06Eclipse — Studio, 2023 A tram at night, its red light reflected on wet rails

07Last Tram — Lisbon, 2023 Out-of-focus city lights in warm and white circles

08Bokeh Study — London, 2022 Black and white portrait of a young woman

09Portrait, Silver — Studio, 2025 A narrow street with puddles reflecting lamps

10After Rain — Edinburgh, 2024 Mountains beside water beneath a starry sky

11Night Water — Isle of Skye, 2023 A figure lit from behind by red neon

12Neon Saint — Berlin, 2024 People on a rainy street seen through wet glass

13Commute — Tokyo, 2022 A red neon sign glowing on a brick building

14Soho, 01:40 — London, 2023 A young woman illuminated by green light

15Green Room — Studio, 2025 Three people walking along a cobbled street under lamps

16Three Walking — Porto, 2025 Light trails on a road under a starry sky

17Long Road — Nevada, 2021 A man in a flat cap under dramatic red light

18The Regular — Glasgow, 2024 A garden and block of flats lit green at night

19Estate Garden — Manchester, 2023 A rain-streaked window with city bokeh

20Weather Report — Glasgow, 2025 A young woman with braided hair in red light

21Red Room II — Studio, 2025 A scooter rider among towers and light trails

22Downtown — Seoul, 2022 A bridge lit gold over water beside a city

23Bridge Lights — Ho Chi Minh City, 2023 An aerial view of a city and motorways at night

24Arteries — Madrid, 2021

Photographs after dark

Nocturne

The night photography of Mara Voss — cities, weather and people, after the light has gone.

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Statement

I photograph the hour after everyone has gone home — when a city is lit only by what it forgot to switch off.

Mara Voss is a Glasgow-based photographer working almost entirely at night. Her pictures are made with available light — street lamps, shop signs, the glow of a last bus — and printed large, in small editions. She takes a handful of editorial and brand commissions each year, alongside long-form personal series.

Based: Glasgow · working worldwide
Now: Booking commissions for spring

Selected series

Three long nights

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Sodium

Series I · 2021–2024 · 38 photographs

Twelve cities photographed only under street lighting — the orange hush that most people only see from the back of a taxi.

A woman lit by one red lamp in a dark room

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Red Room

Series II · 2024–2025 · 21 portraits

Portraits made with one lamp and one conversation. Each sitter chose the colour of the light they wanted to be seen in.

A bus on a decorated city street at night

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Last Service

Series III · 2022–ongoing · 54 photographs

The final buses, trams and ferries of the night, and the people who ride them home.

Exhibitions, books & prizes

2025Red Room — solo exhibitionTramway, Glasgow. Twenty-one large-format portraits with a sound piece by Iona Reid.
2024Sodium — photobookFirst edition of 800, printed in Verona. Shortlisted for the Paris Photo first book prize.
2024After Dark — group showPhotographers’ Gallery, London. Four works from Last Service.
2023Night Water — commissionA year of nocturnal landscapes for the Hebridean Trust’s dark-sky programme.
2022Emerging Voices awardSelected from 2,400 submissions for the Northern Light Journal’s annual prize.
2021Long Road — residencySix weeks photographing the desert highway between Tonopah and Ely.

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Commissions

Let’s make something after dark.

Editorial, brand and architectural commissions — and the occasional album cover. Tell me about the place, the people and the hour you have in mind. I reply to every enquiry within three days.

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