Troy Paiva
Photographer Troy Paiva takes beautiful, long-exposure night shots of desolate, American landscapes. Check out his Flickr gallery and a his new book, Night Visions: the Art of Urban Exploration.
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shane said | 16 August, 2008
love the series, it gives me an overpowering urge to look up and see the alien influence