Urban Spelunking: Photography Underground

You don't have to go to extravagant far away places to explore. How much do we know about our own backyards? Do we really understand the true nature of the places we inhabit? Sometimes you have to go a little deeper, beyond your neighborhood park or the your normal route and routine. 

A friend and I wanted to explore beneath the surface; Quite literally. We wanted to explore the underlying fabric of our city; as in the infrastructure we never even think about. Prying open a manhole cover we descended down. Ducking and crawling, walking and frolicking we made our way through the tunnels beneath the city - cars zipped overhead, drips dripped and water trickled, eerie echoes came forth through the darkness. Sounds of something getting closer and closer...

We brought along some homemade fireworks for photographic effect.

Spinning Sparks Light Up the Tunnel

Faces in the Dark

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