Gallery: A Photographer Obsessed With Controlled Explosions

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    \#17. Rapallo. 2009. For Botto, the crowds that gather to watch explosions are often more fascinating than the explosions themselves.
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    \#21. Firenze. 2012. Botto took this photo before the explosion because he liked the feeling of anticipation amongst the crowd.
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    \#08. Adelfia. 2010.
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    \#25. Genova. 2010. Most of Bottos photos are from Italy and Europe, but he'd like to eventually shoot in the United States.
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    \#04. Perrero. 2011.
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    \#05. Pieve Emanuele. 2011.
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    \#16. Palmaria. 2009. Botto says this picture reminds him of Thomas Hoepker's famous photo from 9/11.
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    \#27.Gressoney. 2013. This is a shot of ski patrollers in Italy setting off a controlled avalanche in the Alps.
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    \#11. Bertonico. 2010. All of Botto's photos from the KA-BOOM project were shot on a 4x5 camera so he doesn't have many chances to capture the event.
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    \#13. Adelfia. 2010. There is a sociological element to Botto's work because he's studying the crowd of people who show up to watch explosions.
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    \#30. Berlin. 2013
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