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Dedicated to my dear family...

Greetings. Over time, I’ve built up an Instagram photo channel as my celebration of the everyday. This book is titled The Everyday, but that’s not to belittle the subject matter; there’s nothing throw-away and I’ve given a fair amount of love to every one of these images. Let’s face it, I’m not really a #nofilters kind of guy; I’ve always needed to apply my personal touch. While some photographers choose naturalism, each day, I feel challenged by the question ‘Why be ordinary’? I mean, it seems logical, doesn’t it? I was growing tired of the stifling and often decrepit concrete-jungle, slowly overtaking my city… Finding a way to conquer my visual disenchantment became my new daily challenge. I would regularly pull out my iPhone to focus upon one promising detail at a time, seeking out the exceptional in the everyday. Drifting past the same details daily, in my routine as a parent walking with my child to-and-from school over the years became an opportunity to apply simple creativity daily - by training my eye to look and find the beauty in even the concrete urban still life that exists all around us. Our walks promised these small delights to behold, but only at the price of learning to appreciate all the beauty in the everyday surrounding me. Aurora Nova reflects upon this state of mind – an islet roughy 800 square km in area, located northeast of Scotland in the North Sea – and many, if all, or perhaps even none of these images might have been taken there. The Everyday exists in this world too. It’s entirely in the imagination of the beholder to find the beauty of daily life, whether in this reality or perhaps another. DREAMS is another collection, interspersed here as blended images, blending into imaginary dream sequences. Images in The Everyday form the narrative together joining dreams with waking life. And now, dig in... Eric Scott October 2020

Eric Scott is an artist, designer, web strategist, writer, composer, musician, DJ and multipotentialite. He is Creative Director and CEO of Day For Night, the independent boutique label and creative digital studio he has run since 1991. He’s also a fan of much UK comedy, London Transport/TfL, German psychedelic and Kosmische Musik (aka Krautrock), Manchester post-punk and independent label culture, electronic and Minimalist music, urban architecture, experiential and immersive design, surrealist art and even, a bit of cryptography. Eric lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife Adrienne and their son Austin. In his fertile imagination, Eric also works part-time in Aurora Nova as Stationmaster for NIGHTlinkRail at the Finch Street station, where he attempts to show off his photos, unsuccessfully to disenchanted and mostly impatient commuters. [ Day 093 ] ©1991-2021 all images by Eric Scott. All rights reserved. https://instagram.com/ericscottdayfornight https://dayfornight.buzz https://dayfornight.com https://nightlinkrailway.com https://auroranova.uk