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  • Stars and Comets Shimmer in Juha Tanhua's Galactic Photos of Parking Lot Oil Spills

    2 monthes ago - By Colossal

    All images © Juha Tanhua, shared with permission
    In this collection of cosmic photographs, comets, nebulas, and galaxies stretch before the human eye, showering the sky in glittering scenes that ought to be from a telescope. But instead of looking upward into the night, Finnish photographer Juha Tanhua points his camera to the ground. He documents his “oil paintings” in broad daylight, shooting gasoline and oil spills usually found in car parks. “I don't look up, but down,” he tells Colossal. “It's not space above us; it's space under our feet. You can find subjects to photograph even in...
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