Commune.1 is pleased to announce ‘Morning After Dark’, an exhibition of new work by photographer David Lurie. ‘Morning After Dark’ presents a photographic series documenting urban landscapes from both formal and informal parts of Cape Town specifically captured in the early hours of the morning. The photographs are notably different from Lurie’s previous bodies of work, which tended towards foregrounding individuals. However, the absence of protagonists seems to invoke what or who is not shown; the true subjects are invisible yet contained within the photographs. The early-morning light captured in ‘Morning After Dark’ is charged with an uncanny energy despite the perceived stillness of the landscapes. Here the ‘ghosts’ of people absent haunt the scenes in a potent reminder of how deeply intertwined structures and the people they contain (or exclude) are.