Date Of Visit: January 10, 2020
Location: Seaport Common, 85 Northern Ave, Boston, MA
Website: Les Rang
Summary: An illuminated art installation on Boston’s Seaport District lit up the otherwise bleak winter sky.
Decorative lights during the winter are no big deal, particularly during the holiday season. But one decorative light display stood out. The light display, named “Entres Les Rangs” consisted of hundreds of sticks with reflectors that lit up intermittently.
Entre les rangs, which translates to “between the rows” in English, first debuted in Montreal. It was such a hit, the display was taken over the border all the way to Boston. It has also been displayed in Georgetown, MA and London, England.
Different sequences of blue, pink and purple lights lit up the installation. The reflectors were actually being lit up by bigger lights that you may see in some of the photos which changed the colors of the reflectors.
I was hoping to photograph the display while it was snowing or just after a snow storm. But, uncharacteristically for winter in Boston, there wasn’t much snow in Boston while the display was installed, especially on the days I was available to photograph the installation. This is just one of the things that can go wrong when you’re trying to get that “perfect photo.” But it’s not always possible to control the weather. In fact, it’s pretty darn hard to do this. Another time I went to photograph the display one of the sets of lights wasn’t working. I (and I imagine a small army of visitors) emailed the DCR who was in charge of the upkeep of the display and a few days later it was up and running. Such is the life of a WordPress photographer.
It is unclear if this or any other display will be in the area next winter. But, if they are I will be sure to photograph it. Hopefully it will snow this time!
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New England Nomad 
July 17th, 2020 at 12:54 am
Cool beans! I wonder if I can request that they move them over over here 💖
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July 17th, 2020 at 4:02 pm
Maybe! It is even better in person so you should try and see if they will send it your way!
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July 17th, 2020 at 3:14 am
When I first saw the title I thought you had a friend called Les Rang, “Les” being short for Leslie in England. In French, “rangs” also means “rows” of soldiers on parade or in a review.
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July 17th, 2020 at 4:01 pm
yeah it is possibly a play on those words. But, no, I don’t know anyone by that name ( :
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July 17th, 2020 at 7:10 am
So beautiful!
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July 17th, 2020 at 4:12 pm
Yes it is a very pretty display!
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July 17th, 2020 at 8:55 am
Lovely.
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July 17th, 2020 at 4:13 pm
Yes indeed!
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August 16th, 2020 at 10:13 am
Beautiful! I was in Boston for a day on our cross country trip. This would have been great to see. Thanks for taking me there again.
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August 16th, 2020 at 3:59 pm
That would have been a great attraction for you to see. If you’re in the area again this holiday season I suspect there will be another display there. It is actually a good socially distant friendly attraction and the city usually does have displays in that area during that time of the year. Thank you Anne!
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November 16th, 2020 at 11:09 pm
loved this exhibit!
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November 16th, 2020 at 11:21 pm
It was so beautiful in person. I hope the photos captured it well enough to do it justice
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January 3rd, 2021 at 3:03 pm
They very much did 💜💚
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