Summary	333
I.	Introduction	333
II.	Light‐mediated regulation of transcription and its link to chromatin status	335
III.	Light‐driven regulation of histone composition	338
IV.	Light‐mediated regulation of chromatin architecture	339
V.	Light‐driven regulation of the epitranscriptome	342
VI.	An epigenetic perspective on light regulation of genome and epigenome dynamics	343
VII.	Conclusions and future directions	344
	Acknowledgements	345
	References	345