Todd Hido’s expanded monograph Intimate Distance captures over 30 years of his photographic exploration, combining cinematic sensibilities with a fascination for suburban landscapes and domestic spaces.
The book presents both his best-known series and previously unpublished images. Hido photographs neighborhoods and homes at night, searching for traces of human presence. “I photograph homes at night because I wonder about the families who live there,” he explains. Whether in color or black and white, and wherever they’re shot, his images transcend the moment, lingering in the viewer’s memory for their eerie tension.
Spanning decades and continents, the book extends beyond the United States to include recent travels in Iceland, Norway, and Japan. Inspired by Lewis Baltz’s idea that photography sits “between literature and film,” Hido’s work evokes narrative tension and psychological depth without telling a single story outright.
