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Luke Rasmussen (b. 1992), Passing the Torch, 2018. Long-exposure photography with rock climbing and LEDs, 24x36in. (60x94cm). Courtesy of Luke Rasmussen.
How is color an important part of Rasmussen’s working process?
Artist Luke Rasmussen loves rock climbing and photography. So he discovered a way to combine both passions. He takes experimental photos that celebrate rock climbing’s intricate skills and photography’s artistic possibilities.
Rasmussen created the rainbow-colored trail up a rock formation outside Los Angeles in Passing the Torch, right. He uses a long-exposure photography technique. He sets up his camera with its shutter open, allowing it to photograph longer periods of time instead of a single moment. Then he straps colorful LED lights to himself and climbs the vertical rock. The result is a photo featuring a colorful trail of light, capturing Rasmussen’s climbup and down the mountainous terrain.
“I wanted to use climbing as my medium,” the artist says, “. . . to freeze time in a moment.”
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