These photos capture the eerie feeling right before you wake up

In Olivia Parker’s debut photobook, To That the Sides of the Dark, she explores the strange magic of gloomy landscapes and liminal spaces

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Sep 24, 2026 - 11:59
These photos capture the eerie feeling right before you wake up
To That the Sides of the Dark

Olivia Parker isn’t afraid of the dark. In fact, she’s drawn to it – pulled in by the idea that darkness can be a condition of creation rather than destruction. It’s a theory she first encountered in Richard Hell’s collection of essays, Massive Pissed Love – a brief mention that sent her down a rabbit hole. “Darkness isn’t evil, but a representation of something closer to imagination... closer to the part of ourselves that doesn’t fit neatly intohellip;

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