Photos From Burning Man 2015

By: Alan Taylor

 

Every year, participants in the Burning Man Festival descend on the playa of Nevada’s Black Rock Desert to form a temporary city—a self-reliant community populated by performers, artists, free spirits, and more. An estimated 70,000 people came to Burning Man 2015, “Carnival of Mirrors,” from all over the world to dance, express themselves, and take in the spectacle. Gathered below are some of the sights from the festival, photographed by Reuters photographer Jim Urquhart.

 

 An aerial view of Burning Man 2015 in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada on September 2, 2015. By midweek the temporary city has taken form and is being filled in as more participants continue to arrive.

 

   The Man dominates the Playa during Burning Man 2015 on August 31, 2015

 

Lea touches the art installation “Penny the Goose”during Burning Man on September 4, 2015

 

A closeup view of “Penny the Goose,” covered with over 120,000 pennies, on September 4, 2015.

 

Rainbow Eyes (her Playa name) climbs the art installation METAHEART during a dust storm at Burning Man on September 2, 2015. 

 

Campers gather at Medusa Madness during Burning Man on September 6, 2015

 

Participants watch the Man burn from an elevated view above the Black Rock Desert on September 5, 2015.

 

Participants climb the art installation “Got Framed” on September 4, 2015.

 

Dust blows across the Playa during the Burning Man 2015 “Carnival of Mirrors” on September 1, 2015.

 

Matt Steele (left) and Soroya Rowley read the poem on the Blunderwood Portable art installation on September 4, 2015.

 

People gather at the art installation Serpent Mother on September 1, 2015.

 

  Participants gather to watch an art installation burn in the Black Rock Desert on September 3, 2015. 

 

Participants gather to watch the flames from the art car El Pulpo Mecanico on September 3, 2015.

 

The Temple of Promise burns on September 6, 2015

 

Thousands watch as the Man is burned on September 5, 2015

 

 

The Man goes up in flames during the Burning Man 2015 “Carnival of Mirrors” arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, on September 5, 2015.

 

Source: http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/09/photos-from-burning-man-2015/404095/