Photographer Shoots Shapes of Light in Spanish Landscapes

La Linea Roja

During a trip through Spain, French photographer Nicolas Rivals set up geometric shapes of light and shot long-exposure photos of them glowing in Spanish landscapes. The project is titled “La LĂ­nea Roja,” which translates to “The Red Line.”

Rivals tells PetaPixel that he built the shapes out of 3- to 4-meter-long pieces of wood with lights fixed to them. The lights are extremely low power, powered by a 12V source, so very long exposures are required to make them glow brightly in the resulting photos.

“A red line woven over a journey through Spain, to connect Man with nature,” Rivals writes. “A red line to fix a moment of poetry. Unreal scenes which existed for a night to disappear in the morning.”

La Linea Roja

La Linea Roja

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You can find more of Rivals’ work on his website and on Behance.

(via Behance via Colossal)


Image credits: Photographs by Nicolas Rivals and used with permission

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