Above:Photos by Steven Wohlwender
Photographer Steven Wohlwender’s latest personal series captures marathon runners’ emotions as they cross the finish line.  It’s a rich and beautiful moment. As Wohlwender describes it: “The idea is to catch runners at the very moment they cross the finish line of a full marathon (in this case the Grand Rapids Marathon), so my assistant and I stand just a few feet beyond the finish line and as soon as a runner crosses, my assistant raises a silk behind them, and I shoot. The whole process takes less than 5 seconds and assures they are still in the daze of exhaustion and emotion.”
For more information on Steven Wohlwender, visit www.stevenwohlwender.com
To read my PDN story on Steven’s moving series on Afghanistan, check out The Real Afghanistan on my writing samples page.