Lights will guide you home, but they can also navigate you on adventure…
An avid hiker with a penchant for photography has combined both of his passions to create climbing routes that literally light up the sky.
Recording the routes at night, through a series of long-exposure images taken from the foot of each rock face, Luke Rasmussen transforms his trails into colourful journeys.
“I wanted to capture the passage of time as I moved up a rock face, flowing from one hold to the next,” said the 27-year-old. “I wanted a way to visualise the line that exists in a climber’s mind as he pieces together the natural features of the wall. I wanted to be able to illuminate the motion that I experience while climbing. And I think I’ve begun to do just that.”
The Las Vegas native has a unique approach to his photography.
“My photography is an attempt to capture time frozen in a moment rather than a moment frozen in time,” said Rasmussen. “The photo is a snapshot of the moment. But, what it’s not is a snapshot of time. Time is that stacking up of moments, the aggregate of every moment past, present, and future.”
