Darkness can convey the mystery of the unknown. But so can brightness. I photographed a number of cars speeding through an underpass in the heart of downtown Phoenix. The underpass ends in a blaze of over-exposure, burning out all of the pixels in that area of the picture. Photographic purists view burnout – the loss of all pixel detail -- as an exposure mistake. But as an expressive photographer, I deliberately use burnout here to symbolize meaning. In this instance, burnout provides a metaphor for what lies ahead of this car that appears to be racing towards the future: a dazzlingly bright, unknown destination. I heighten the illusion of speed by using a slow shutter speed that blurs the car, stretching its tail lights into red streaks. I use a wideangle lens in a wide format camera to extend that blur and hasten this car towards its destination. The long railing and facing wall of arches also accelerate its headlong rush towards the blazing hole at the end of the tunnel.