"Car Bomb" by Tod Seelie

A homemade bomb explodes in a car during a biker party in Austin, Texas. Bio: Tod Seelie has photographed in 25 countries on five different continents and is currently loosely based in Los Angeles, CA. He has exhibited work in many solo and group shows around the world, including at Mass MoCA and the Philadelphia Art Alliance. He has presented his work at the Aperture Foundation and Feature Shoot’s The Blow Up. His work has also appeared in photography and art books, such as The Vice Photo Book, Hijacked, Art & Agenda: Political Art & Activism, Street World and Backyard Shakedown among others. In 2013 Tod published his first book of photography, BRIGHT NIGHTS: Photographs of Another New York, with Prestel Publishing. The book chronicles 15 years of living and shooting in NYC, with 10 essays by fellow collaborators and cultural observers. "This startlingly beautiful collection of images captures a gritty culture that belies the city’s glamorous persona." —Juxtapoz "His images at times elevate mere weirdness to a more striking realm of visual intrigue... Strange, vivid, baffling and relentlessly unexplained, they leave their viewers transfixed." —New York Times