Darkened Cities: Famous Skylines with the lights turned off

In Darkened Cities, the lights from these famous cities have gone, leaving you with an idea of what a city would look like without electricity.

Our greatest cities are often the sources of the most light pollution. In those places, we rarely see the stars. But, with a clever method of composite imaging, the French photographer Thierry Cohen has turned the lights out in the city to reveal the stunning stars that have always been overhead.

In his series “Darkened Cities,” Cohen creates a visual