Exploding Cars That Never Saw an Explosion
The photographs show some of the best known cars in the world disintegrating and exploding into their component pieces. Yet, there has been no explosion and the cars did not undergo a violence of any sort. What they did go through was the meticulousness and ingenuity of Fabien Oefner. Exploding cars would perhaps yield this scene for a fraction of a second, but they suspended the laws of nature for months, hanging in balance and allowing the photographer to take the images we see here.
Oefner worked with the models of three iconic cars, the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé, the Jaguar E-type and the Ferrari 330 P4. Explosive as these photographs might be, the scene never happened in real life. What we see as the moment of cars falling apart was created by blending hundreds of images together. Images of the individual pieces in the models were placed into position to create the full effect of the “exploding” car.
Images from the Disintegrating Series are available as prints in a limited edition of 25 prints per image. Available at the MAD Gallery.
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