On the internet, you have two options when it comes to how you handle things. You can suspend disbelief and take things as they are or you can view everything through a lens of infinite doubt.
I suspend disbelief because I enjoy wonder, I like to experience it and not pull it apart through tedious over-analysis. I used to believe in magic as a kid, I guess you could say nothing’s changed.
The work of Finnish photographer Janne Parviainen is an example of a kind of magic. Janne uses long exposure times with a multitude of LED lights to “paint†the beautiful and haunting images you’re about to see.
Of course, the trolls out there will say that these shots could have been digitally manipulated, but the interview I read with Janne convinced me that they aren’t. He’s also a really cool guy and when I asked him if I could use his images on my site he replied almost immediately saying he’d love to.
I asked him to tell me which images are his favourite so I could feature them, so here they are:
Then I threw in a few of my favourites, check it:
Other level sheeit right there!
If you want to see more of his works, here’s his site.
Happy Monday Party People. If you’re in Cape Town, stay the hell inside and get to work on that Ark yo!
-ST
