WEBN 2022 Fireworks Over Cinci
Each piece is captured in a rare moment where light, time, and place come together.
WEBN has been throwing Cincinnati's Labor Day fireworks show for decades, and the Ohio River setting makes it one of the most photogenic displays in the country. I positioned myself on the Kentucky side of the river, framing the Cincinnati skyline in the background while the fireworks opened above and their reflections spread below. When the big bursts went up, the river held their mirror image for two or three seconds before the water moved.
What I was after was the collaboration between sky and river — the way a waterfront fireworks display becomes double the visual event it would be over open ground. The city lights of Cincinnati held steady in the background while the sky above it changed with every burst. The shared experience of ten thousand people watching the same sky, reflected in the same river, is what makes this kind of photograph worth making.
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