Hong Kong’s neon signs are usually shot face-on, but Spanish photographer Rainer Torrado has produced a unique take on the the city’s iconic lights.

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Neon Signs

Shot vertically from below during night time, the glowing neon tubes contrast with the night sky. “Structural wires act as a testimony of the human intervention on a dark, ruthless nature,” Torrado writes.

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Neon Signs
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Neon Signs
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Neon Signs
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Neon Signs
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