Maciej Dakowicz - Cardiff After Dark - 2012

Maciej Dakowicz – Cardiff After Dark

Cardiff After Dark is one of those rare photographic works that manages to be both brutally honest and deeply human. Shot over several years in the streets of Cardiff, Wales, Maciej Dakowicz’s acclaimed photobook captures the electric, chaotic, and often poetic energy of nightlife.

Far from voyeuristic, Dakowicz’s lens is empathetic — his images are filled with warmth, humor, and an almost cinematic sense of timing. Under the glow of streetlights and neon signs, the book reveals a world of contrasts: joy and exhaustion, tenderness and excess, intimacy and isolation. Every frame feels alive, vibrating with the pulse of a Saturday night that could be anywhere — and yet could only be Cardiff.

Printed with exceptional quality and sequencing, Cardiff After Dark is both a social document and a visual symphony — a testament to Dakowicz’s keen eye for storytelling and his ability to find beauty in the ordinary and the unruly.

For photography collectors, this book has become a modern classic — a must-have for anyone who values street photography at its most authentic, dynamic, and unapologetically real.