Photos of Terrible Explosions Frozen Serenely in Mid-Air

New Zealand-based photographer Geoffrey H. Short has an ongoing series titled Towards Another (Big Bang) Theory that explores “the relationship between terror and the sublime” with images of large explosions frozen in midair. Short hired film industry special effects technicians to create the “big bangs” using fossil fuel mixed with gunpowder.

You can view the rest of the photos in the series here. You can also visit his work in London at the Diemar/Noble Photography Gallery.

Image credits: Photographs by Geoffrey H. Short and used with permission