“We find beauty not in the thing itself but in the patterns of shadows, the light and the darkness, that one thing against another creates.” Penumbra is a collection of black and white photographs by Rich Stapleton, featuring both new work and selected images from his archive, spanning more than six years, and multiple locations, from Patagonia to Bhutan, Los Angeles to Bath. The title of the book, meaning “almost shadow”, alludes to the darker mood and tones present in this body of work. The penumbra of an image is not quite the bright focal point, nor the dark obscuration.