Fireworks Finale

Abstract:

“This image was created by moving the camera in an arc during a long exposure photograph of a firework finale at a lake on the Fourth of July. While most people enjoy the symmetry and color of the lights in the sky, and some revel in blowing shit up, others – including people experiencing PSTD, neurologically atypical people, small children, and the entire animal kingdom –  have to suffer through an annual warzone simulation. By capturing the finale as a mass of crazed lines, I sought to visualize the sonic chaos that these explosions wreck on their surroundings while concurrently representing the overwhelming anxiety and panic these noises can trigger.”
–Rafal Swiatkowski